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Basics of animal husbandry
1. Animal husbandry is the process of breeding and rearing animals. it includes cattle farming, poultry farming, apiculture, sericulture, pisciculture etc.
2. Cattle farming is the practice of rearing cattle by providing facilities for raising livestock.
3. Poultry farming involves rearing domestic birds for obtaining commercial products like meat, eggs etc.
4. Apiculture is the maintenance of honey bee for the production of honey.
5. Sericulture is the process of rearing silkworm for the production of silk.
6. Pisciculture is the rearing and breeding of fishes.
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Definition of apiculture
1. The rearing of the honey bee to obtain honey and other commercially important products is known as apiculture.
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Definition and objectives of animal breeding
Definition:
1. Animal breeding is producing improved breeds of domesticated animals by improving their genotypes through selective breeding.
Objectives:
1. Improved growth rate
2. Increased milk production
3. The superior quality of milk
4. Improved resistance to various diseases
5. Increased productive life
6. Increased reproduction rate
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Outbreeding
1. When breeding is between animals of the same breed it is called Inbreeding, while crosses between different breeds are called outbreeding.
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Poultry farming
1. Poultry farming is the practice of raising fowl for egg production and chicken meat.
2. Fowls are used for producing eggs and broilers are used for producing meat.
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Plant breeding
1. Plant breeding is the genetic improvement of the crop in order to create desired plant types which are better suited for cultivation, give better yields and are disease resistant.
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Single cell protein
1. Single cell protein is a protein derived from a culture of single-celled organisms, used especially as a food supplement.
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Blue Revolution
1. The term “blue revolution” refers to the remarkable emergence of aquaculture as an important and highly productive agricultural activity.
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Inbreeding
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Inbreeding and Outbreeding
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Cross-breeding
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Interspecific Breeding
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Controlled Breeding Experiments
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Tissue Culture
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