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STOCKYARD [2 records]

Record 1 2000-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Housing Facilities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logement des animaux d'élevage
OBS

Enclos où logent les animaux domestiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sales (Marketing)
  • Animal Housing Facilities
DEF

A series of pens or yards where market animals are collected for sale.

OBS

It may be only a pen or two along a railroad siding in a small town, or it may be as extensive as the great stockyard systems of Chicago.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vente
  • Logement des animaux d'élevage
OBS

Le terme "parc à bestiaux" est celui employé par le ministère de l'agriculture du Canada dans sa publication no 1356, et désigne l'endroit où sont retenus les animaux avant la vente. Néanmoins, l'expression peut être utilisé dans un contexte plus général et désigne alors un enclos.

Spanish

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