Unconventional Livestock: Classification And Potential Uses

Abstract

Altlzo~cgh~ inconve~zt~olnrvaels toclc speczes are resen~oirso fvnlz~nbleg erlet~cre sources, arzd rnany I.rnve fuad1t~orzally
bceiz zrsed as resources of anztnal protein, fibre, transport and dvaziglzt pozuer, very lrttle has beer1 dorzc to develop
tlieir corn~r~erczeaxl plo~tatiorz. Tllis paper attenzpts to classfi z~nconuentionall zvestock nccordlng to tlzezr szze,
ecologzcal afinzty arid ecoizonzic inzportclnce. It also disci~ssestl ~ezvu se in systems with liniifed prod~~ctrorens otrrces,
fhcru co~r~pler~ierrtwartyl l corzvenfiorzal Irvestock, ~ ntdlze potctztinl of~rlttltipurposes pcczesfor specralized prodi~cfiovi
o f l 7n)ifirctse ~itcllfortl rc slrsterlarzce of tlze l~zrnzar;l ?opzilntlo~z.