Rice, cattle and the epizootics problem in Philippine agriculture during the American period: An analysis of the animal disease problem and its impact to the Filipino farmers, cattle importers and raisers, 1900-1930

• Main Author: Dela Cruz, Arleigh Ross D.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DS Asia; SF Animal culture
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/14442/1/7.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/14442/; http://www.iaha2014.uum.edu.my/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Domestic bovine animals are valuable resources to Filipinos because they are used as work animals and food source. Filipino farmers depend on water buffalos or carabaos for farm work.They consider the carabao as their beast of burden because it helps them till the lands. Cattle, like carabaos are a...