/// <summary>
/// Adds an animal to the persisted store.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="item">The animal to be added.</param>
/// <param name="cancellationToken">A token that can be used to signal operation cancellation.</param>
/// <returns>The added animal.</returns>
public virtual async Task <IAnimal> AddAsync(IAnimal item, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
Logger.LogInformation("Adding an animal...");
var entity = AnimalMapper.Map(item);
var changes = await LivestockContext.AddAsync(entity, cancellationToken)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
await LivestockContext.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
return(AnimalMapper.Map(changes.Entity));
}