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PROFITABLE LIVESTOCK FARMING IN NIGERIA

This has the page of Profitable Livestock Farming in Nigeria which includes: pig farming, fish farming, snail,goat,cattle, and rabbit farming.etc

Poultry farming
Poultry farming and animal husbandry are just the same, they grow domestic birds like chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. It has originated from the agricultural era. Poultry – mostly chickens – are farmed in great numbers.

Pig farming
Pig is a domestic livestock which has a branch of animal husbandry, is grown and breed mainly for consumption

Fish farming
Fish farming or pisciculture is the process of raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures such as fish ponds, usually for food. It is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. A facility that releases juvenile fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species’ natural numbers is generally referred to as a fish hatchery. Worldwide, the most important fish species produced in fish farming are carp, tilapia, salmon, and catfish.

Snail farming
Heliciculture, well known as snail farming, snail farming is a process of growing snail for consumption or domestic use.
Commercial snail farming in the Western world is typically done with the Cornu aspersum .
In tropical climates snail farming is typically done with the African snail.

Cattle farming
Cattle farming is highly profitable, Cattle farming involves keeping bulls and cows for meat (beef) or milk (dairy) purposes.

Cattle feed on grasses, legumes, roughage, etc. That is why they are called herbivores.

Goat farming
Goat meat contains low amounts of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol.
People farm goats principally for their meat, milk, fibre and skins.
Goat farming involves the raising and breeding of domestic goats.

Rabbit farming
Rabbit farming is known as cuniculture. Farming rabbit saves cost, and has alternative breeding methods, like raising rabbits as a pet or grow them for meat both can be profitable.

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