Animals which have become adapted through breeding in captivity to a life intimately associated with humans. They include animals domesticated by humans to live and breed in a tame condition on farms or ranches for economic reasons, including LIVESTOCK (specifically CATTLE; SHEEP; HORSES; etc.), POULTRY; and those raised or kept for pleasure and companionship, e.g., PETS; or specifically DOGS; CATS; etc.
    

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A statue of a hog with litter of suckling piglets. Pencil drawing by W. Ottley.

Caring for your pet / Seven Seas Veterinary Division.

A Devon steer. Etching by E. Hacker, ca 1869, after E. Corbet.

Two cows resting by a woodland pool as a boy pipes in the tree above. Etching by C.-W. Kolbe, the elder.

Beast and man in India : a popular sketch of Indian animals in their relations with the people / by John Lockwood Kipling.

Maladies infectieuses des animaux domestiques / par Ch. van Goidsenhoven et F. Schoenaers.

XtraVital complete food : super premium / Sherley's Ltd.

A short horned cow. Etching by H. Beckwith, ca 1848, after H. Strafford.

A prize boar. Etching by E. Hacker, ca 1867, after E. Corbet.

Animal science / G.S. Ositelu.

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Maladies infectieuses des animaux domestiques / par Ch. van Goidsenhoven et F. Schoenaers.

XtraVital complete food : super premium / Sherley's Ltd.

A short horned cow. Etching by H. Beckwith, ca 1848, after H. Strafford.

A prize boar. Etching by E. Hacker, ca 1867, after E. Corbet.

Animal science / G.S. Ositelu.