Bos indicus / Bos taurus
Cattle
Classification of cattle
Large ruminants
Uses of cattle
Beef, dairy, draft, hide
small-framed, hardy, low-input requirements.
introduced breed, high milk yield but requires high-quality feed.
Holstein - Friesian
Carabao
Water buffalo/ Bubalus bubalis
Classification of carabao
Large ruminant, swamp type.
Uses of carabao
Historically draft animal, but increasingly for milk and meat (“carabeef”).
Swine
Sus scrofa domesticus
Classification of swine
Monogastric
Uses of swine
Pork
hardy, employed by specialty/organic markets.
Native Pigs
Commercial Breeds of swine
Landrace, Duroc
Goats
Capra hircus
Classification of goats
Small ruminants
Uses of goats
Meat (chevon), milk, and hide
hardy, adapted to backyard systems.
Philippine Native Goat
imported for improvement of meat and milk.
Anglo-Nubian, Boer, Saanen
Sheep
Ovis aries
Classification of sheep
Small ruminants
Uses of sheep
Meat (mutton), wool (on limited scale in tropics).
Horse
Equus caballus
Rabbits
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Chicken
Gallus gallus domesticus