DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS

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Distribution of Animals

Different types of animals are reared in the vegetation zones of the country. The tables below show different parts of the country where the animals are found. The places where most of the animals are found in the country are shown on the map. In Nigeria, the distribution of farm animals is not found in equal numbers. This is as a result of climatic differences. Distribution refers to where they are found or where they are reared.

 

ACTIVITY

1. Make a list of five farm animals in the order below:

S/N	FARM ANIMAL	THEIR YOUNG	A PRODUCT OBTAINED FROM THEM
eg	cow	calf	Beef, milk
1
2

 

DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS

GROUP OF CROPS	NAME OF CROPS	WHERE THEY ARE GROWN
1. RUMINANTS	Cattle, Sheep, Goat	Ilorin, Bauchi, Kano, Maiduguri, Katsina, Birnin-Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe, Kaduna, Zamfara, Osogbo, Minna
2. NON-RUMINANTS	Pig,  Rabbit	Awka, Abakaliki, Benin, Enugu, Abeokuta, Ado- Ekiti, Umuahia, Ondo, Warri, Lagos
3. Birds	Chicken, Turkey, duck	Aba, Abeokuta, Benin, duck Bauchi, Enugu, Owerri, Katsina, Sokoto, Kaduna, (all other parts of the country in smaller amounts)

 

 

Fish

Crayfish, stockfish and lobster

Sokoto,Bussa, Maiduguri, Kainji, Yola,species Lokoja, Onitsha, Warri, Port-Harcourt, Calabar,Ijebu Ode, Opobo, Brass, Oron

 

EVALUATION

1. Mention the places in nigeria where the following frm animals are commonly reared.

1. Cow
2. Goats
3. Fish

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