Question

explain animal husbandry in biology

Answer 1

Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, eggs, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding and the raising of livestock.

Answer 2

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▶ Primary Sector.

Animal Husbandry➫ A branch of agriculture that deals with the farming & management of domestic animals for their economic utilisation.

♦ Ex:- Bee-keeping

➧ Types 0f Animal Husbandry:-
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❱ Cattle Farming
❱ Poultry Farming
❱ Pisciculture
❱ Apiculture

➧ 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.

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