Animal Husbandry Definition & Meaning (2024)

noun

The care and raising of domesticated animals, as cattle, horses, sheep, etc.

Webster's New World

The management and care of farm animals by humans for profit, in which genetic qualities and behaviour, considered to be advantageous to humans, are further developed.

Wiktionary

The branch of agriculture concerned with the care and breeding of domestic animals such as cattle, hogs, sheep, and horses.

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Other Word Forms of Animal Husbandry

Noun

Singular:

animal husbandry

Plural:

animal husbandries

Animal Husbandry Sentence Examples

  • I went to college and studied animal husbandry.

  • I didn't get a degree in animal husbandry so I could sit in the house knitting booties.

  • You're the one with a degree in animal husbandry.

  • We now have categories for Dutch writers, Dutch historians, Journalism (linked to Industry and business), Animal Husbandry and Horticulture (linked to agriculture and agriculture was linked to economics and biology).

  • Why would he have chosen to major in computer technology instead of animal husbandry?

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