livestock
n.farm animals that are kept for use or profit, such as cows, sheep, and pigs. You use this word to talk about the animals as a group rather than naming each one.
n.domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber, and labor. The term functions as a collective noun and typically refers to mammals.
“The farmer feeds his livestock every morning at dawn.”
“Heavy snow blocked the mountain passes, making it difficult for ranchers to provide enough hay for their livestock.”
“The transition from nomadic herding to settled agriculture allowed for more systematic breeding of livestock, eventually leading to the distinct animal varieties we recognize today.”
Uncountable collective noun; it does not have a plural form ('livestocks') and is treated as a singular or plural mass depending on regional dialect.
Livestock is uncountable and cannot be pluralized with an 's'.
“In 2023 and 2024, Mongolian farmers lost more than seven million livestock due to severe summer droughts followed by extremely cold dzud winters.”
“That is likely to cause big problems for livestock farmers.”
From live + stock.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.