Question

What are the objectives of animal breeding?

Answer 1

The main objectives of animal breeding are: To increase growth rate. Production of milk, meat, egg, wool etc should be higher. Rate of reproduction should be higher or optimum.

Answer 2

Answer:

Breeding of animals is an important technique of animal husbandry to produce specific types of animals. The motives of animal breeding are to improve the desirable qualities of the product and increase the yield of animals. There are various methods of animal breeding to produce an animal from two different breeds of animals. The types of animal breeding are;

1. Inbreeding

2. Out-breeding

3. Cross-breeding

4. Out-crossing

5. Interspecific hybridization