Essays on Domestic Animals

Domestication is a process that started in the past. People decided to tame wild animals for their own purposes. National Geographic claims that this process has started back in Mesopotamia (National Geographic Web). People were likely to domesticate animals that were not eating meat. One of the first animals that was domesticated happened to be a goat. It was chosen for its milk and fur. Animals were supposed to serve some domestic purpose in order to become domesticated. One of the main differences between wild and domestic animals is that wild animals are capable of living and surviving on ...

2017-01-02

Abstract The issue of such parasitic disease as toxoplasmosis is presented in this paper. This disease is caused by the pathogen Toxoplasma gondii. The cases of toxoplasmosis are more prevalent in African countries and countries of Latin and South America. The toxoplasmosis usually has final and intermediary owners: domestic animals (primarily cats) are the intermediary owners and they can infect human. There are different forms of the toxoplasmosis. The adult organism with the strong immune system may not even notice that he is sick. At the same time, the common symptoms of the toxoplasmosis are similar to the acute ...

The number of people on the planet continues to increase and with them, the need for more and more nutritious food grows. For that reason, scientists seek research to genetically change plants and animals to provide medicine, good, and organisms not for consumption. As the public is exposed to information on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), strong opinions are forged concerning the safety of eating them. Questions arise over the risks presented to human beings and the environment, if GMOs are really necessary to supply the world with adequate amounts of food, if there are alternatives, and what surrounding ethical ...

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Impact of European on the Native Americans European invaders came along with deadly ailments against which the Americans Natives had no protection. Contagious diseases like chicken pox, typhus, and smallpox which were less deadly among the Europeans, proved dangerous to the natives. Such diseases were the main reason for a drastic fall in the human population of the Native Americans. Indian people lacked the necessary measures to curb themselves against Europeans viruses which caused the ailments. Such outbreaks among the Americans’ history called the “virgin soil epidemics” led to a drastic population reduction of nearly ninety percent which was ...

Mirna Salim

Introduction Cats have been living with us for thousands of years. As opposed to other domestic animals like cows and sheep that provide as with food and other raw materials, it has never been clear the main reason why human domesticated cats. Some schools of thought believe that cat was domesticated to help human eradicate rodents which were destroying crops. However, others believe that cats were domesticated just to be pets, to keep human company. This research will not major in the reason as to why cat was domesticated, but rather will focus on the origin of the domesticated ...

A backyard is a compound found at the back of a house, it is common in Western world suburban. People living in cold-weather leave the land surrounding their houses and plant vegetables during the summers and allow sunlight to reach the house windows during winters. When people build and leave spaces behind the houses as yards, there are possibilities of keeping some domestic animals and at times, wild creators may enter the compound looking for food and shelter. Backyard critters are the living creatures that are either wild or domestic and are found around the yard compound around the ...