animal husbandry
branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fiber, milk, or other products
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Summary
animal husbandry is an agricultural practice[1]. It draws 6,039 Wikipedia views per month (agricultural practice category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: academic discipline[3], branch of agriculture[4]
- Subclass of: animal science[5], agricultural production[6], husbandry[7], agricultural, veterinary and food sciences[8]
- Part of: animal science[9], agriculture[10]
- Commons category: Animal husbandry[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Animal husbandry[12]
- Described by source: The Encyclopedia Americana[13], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14], The New Student's Reference Work[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18]
- Different from: animal care[19], animal production[20]
- By-product: manure[21]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001248[22]
- Practiced by: zooengineer[23], fighting bull rancher[24], husbandry worker[25], peasant[26], livestock worker[27], stockperson[28], herder[29], cattle rancher[30], pastoralist[31], Squatter[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
Why It Matters
animal husbandry has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]