Animal husbandry definition

Animal husbandry means an agricultural use in which animals are reared or kept in order to sell the products they produce, such as meat, fur or eggs. Raising animals to sell as pets shall be considered an animal service use rather than animal husbandry.
Animal husbandry. Limited in size to 400 sq ft maximum. One structure per 5 acres. Structure to be made of single wall construction with dirt or gravel floor. Its distance to other structures is a minimum 10 ft. Minimum of 40 ft from property line.
Animal husbandry means a combined economic-technical branch including activities related to livestock breeds, animal feeds, livestock breeding and processing conditions and market of animal products.

Examples of Animal husbandry in a sentence

  • Animal husbandry is not a traditional occupation, but people keep zebu cattle, goats, sheep and chickens in small numbers (King, 2003).

  • Smart and Healthy Farming (NCOH-SHF) NCOH-SHF addresses the following challenge: Animal husbandry and animal products are important to fulfil the global demand for high-quality food, and remain an important commodity despite occasional outbreaks.

  • Animal husbandry uses the considerable part of the agricultural land, especially pastures and haylands, but also require a substantial area of arable land for fodder production.

  • Animal husbandry is the second largest sub-sector of agriculture after plant production.


More Definitions of Animal husbandry

Animal husbandry means premises used for the keeping or breeding of animals or birds, for commercial or non-domestic purposes, in open paddocks or fields where those animals rely primarily on native or improved pasture for feed.
Animal husbandry means the use of premises for the non-intensive keeping, breeding, grazing and depasturing of animals, if such use does not normally require the importation of feed.
Animal husbandry means the breeding, rearing and keeping of domesticated animals, including domesticated reindeer, and fur-bearing animals, for use in the agriculture or forestry sectors or for the production of milk, meat, hide, wool, eggs, etc. Bee-keeping shall be deemed equivalent to animal hus- bandry pursuant to this provision.
Animal husbandry means livestock management and animal care practices undertaken to promote animal welfare, and improve productivity and farm profits; and
Animal husbandry means the keeping, depasturing or stabling of any animal, bird, insect, reptile or fish. The term includes the use of land for dairying, cattle grazing, animal breeding establishments, holding yards or hatcheries. The term does not include the keeping of domestic animals or those types of animal industry which are separately defined (being Animal keeping, Aquaculture, Intensive animal husbandry and Stables);
Animal husbandry. Any premises used or intended for use for the keeping or farming of animals, birds or reptiles. The term includes poultry, dairy and goat farms, and veterinary establishments associated with them, but does not include a cattery, kennels, piggery, rural industry, stable or lot feeding as defined in this clause, nor the keeping of domestic animals;
Animal husbandry means an area of agriculture that involves the breeding and care of farm animals to be raised for the production of food and other products for human consumption, including meat, milk, eggs, fibres and other products.