Animal husbandry is concerned with the care and management of livestock. It includes proper feeding, breeding, health care, and housing of animals. Hence to satisfy the increasing demands of people for animal food, animal husbandry is essential.
● Good animal husbandry practices increase the production of animal products. This increases the profit of farmers.
● Also, it keeps their animal stocks healthy. Hence, time and effort need not be spent on nursing the sick animals and preventing other animals from falling sick.
● Improved animal husbandry practices help to meet the demands for milk, meat and eggs.
● The animal-based farming practices are undertaken by farmers along with agriculture as mixed farming. Draught animals are engaged in agricultural fields for labour work.
For example: using bulls for plugging in the field.
