draft animal

They were used for hunting, for warmth, for protection, as draft animals and perhaps as companions in the afterlife.

Oxen were important draft animals, with their brawn pressed into service to till the land for rice, the foundation of the Japanese diet.

And then there is what the Jacksonville Jaguars did this off-season, which was akin to desperate settlers eating their breeding stock and draft animals because they failed to prepare for a harsh winter.

On the other side, soldiers and draft animals strain to drag artillery to within range of the fight.

A: The idea is that the stress of pulling or carrying loads might contribute to the disease in dogs, as it seems to in other draft animals like cattle.