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livestock

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Accession No: TWCMS : 2009.96
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This story is about livestock, Katie's favourite subject at Houghall College, and the animals she likes best: cows and pigs.

By Katie McIver

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This story was inspired by the natural history collections at the Regional Resource Centre at Beamish.


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I really like my course on animal care. My favourite subject is livestock. I like the pigs and cows the best. Last time I worked with baby bulls, they had ringworm. This looks like a scab on the animal. I also weighed the bulls. We brought them in from the fields to the weighing shed. Calves sometimes sleep in their own special housing. When I worked with the pigs I had to muck out the pig pen. Pigs are very intelligent. We also weigh pigs on the weighing scales. Female pigs usually have 8 to 10 babies. Sometimes their mum sits on them and kills them. Both pigs and cows are fed with pellets. They need to have fresh water daily.  

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