Question

What is animal husbandry ? what are the factors to be considered in it?

Answer 1

Animal husbandry is the management and care of farm animals by humans, in which genetic qualities and behavior, considered to be advantageous to humans, are further developed. The term can refer to the practice of selectively breeding and raising livestock to promote desirable traits in animals for utility, sport, pleasure, or research.

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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