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What is animal husbandry? What products do you get from animals as food and other than food?

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Animal husbandry is the scientific management and care of farm animals like cows, buffalo, and sheep to increase their productivity and meet human needs.

Food products from animals-

  1. Milk and Milk Products- Source: Cow, buffalo, goat, camel, and products like cheese, butter, curd, ghee, paneer, yogurt
  2. Meat- Source: Goat, sheep, poultry (chicken), pig, fish.
  3. Eggs- Source: Hen, duck, quail are rich in proteins and essential nutrients.
  4. Honey- Source: Bees and used as a natural sweetener.

Products other than food-

  1. Wool- Source: Sheep, goat (e.g., Angora goat), yak.
  2. Silk- Source: Silkworms.
  3. Leather- Source: Skin of animals like cow, buffalo, goat.
  4. Manure- Source: Dung of cows, buffalo.
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