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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081204201013im_/http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_web/shared_images/page_images/spacer.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081204201013im_/http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_web/shared_images/page_images/spacer.gif) | ![An emu](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081204201013im_/http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_web/nal/content_images/emu.jpg) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081204201013im_/http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_web/shared_images/page_images/spacer.gif) | A variety of exotic, non-conventional, heritage and rare breed animals are in commercial production today. "Alternative livestock" species include emus, game birds, bison, deer, elk, draft animals, turkeys, earthworms and more. |
| ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081204201013im_/http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_web/shared_images/page_images/content-divider2.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081204201013im_/http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_web/shared_images/page_images/spacer.gif) | Agricultural Alternatives Pennsylvania State University. Cooperative Extension Service. Production and budget information for small-scale livestock systems and for non-conventional species including goats, game birds, ostriches, elk, bison and deer. |
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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081204201013im_/http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_web/shared_images/page_images/spacer.gif) | Alternative Livestock Links Government of Ontario, Canada. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Web links to information about alternative livestock species including bison, camelids, deer and elk, fur-bearing animals, gamebirds, rabbits, ratites and wild boar. |
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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081204201013im_/http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_web/shared_images/page_images/spacer.gif) | Missouri Alternatives Center: Link List University of Missouri. Cooperative Extension Service. Links to hundreds of full-text Extension publications that address all kinds agricultural alternatives including a wide range of livestock species and production systems. |
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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081204201013im_/http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_web/shared_images/page_images/spacer.gif) | American Livestock Breeds Conservancy American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. Information about heritage and threatened livestock breeds of asses, cattle, goats, horses, sheep, pigs, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. |
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