Define animal husbandry? Write about its scope?
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Animal Husbandry➫ A branch of agriculture that deals with the farming & management of domestic animals for their economic utilisation.
♦ Ex:- Bee-keeping
Cattle Farming➫ The process of raising Cattle from birth until the point at which they provide food & milk for consumption.
➧ Benefits of Animal Husbandry:-
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❱ It helps in proper management of the domestic animals.
❱ It helps in producing good quality of breeds.
❱ It helps in proper management & sale of Animals products.
❱ They helps us in providing proper feed, proper shelter h protection against diseases to the domestic animals.
❱ They helps us in developing high yielding breeds of various domestic animals.
➧ Animal Husbandry Includes:-
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[1] Cattle Farming:-
❱ For Milk Production.
[2] Poultry Farming:-
❱ For eggs & Milk production.
[3] Fish Farming:-
❱ For Inland & Marine Fishes.
[4] Bee-Keeping:-
❱ For Honey & Wax.
[5] Pig Farming:-
❱ For Meat Production.
➧ Animals are broadly divided into two categories:-
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[1] Milch Animals:-
❱ These include all the animals that are kept for obtaining milk.
[2] Draught Animals:-
❱ These animals are basically used for the purposes of agriculture & transportation.
➧ Components of the cattle feed:-
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[1] Roughage:-
❱ It is largely composed of fibres like - green fodder & legumes like - berseem & cowpea.
[2] Concentrates:-
❱ This food is basically low in fibres but has relatively higher levels of proteins & other nutrients.
➧ Diseases 0f Cattle are:-
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❱ Parasitic disease could be external parasites are tick mite, lice or internal parasites like worms.
❱ Communicable diseases that are caused by pathogens like - bacteria & viruses.
❱ Non-communicable diseases that are caused due to deficiency of nutrients or malfunctioning of body organs.
➧ Symptoms 0f Sick Animals are:-
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❱ The animal becomes inactive & stops eating food.
❱ It gets away from the other animals & may have fever & shiver.
❱ The dung may be loose & the urine may colored change.
➧ Prevention 0f Cattle Disease are:-
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❱ Keep the animals in spacious, cleaned & airy shelter.
❱ Feed the animals with nutritious feed.
❱ Vaccinate the animals at regular intervals.
❱ Isolation of sick animals is atmost important.