Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fiber, milk, eggs, or other products. It involves the day-to-day care, selective breeding, and raising of livestock. Animal husbandry focuses on the following:

• Livestock raising: This involves the management and care of animals in which the genetic qualities and behavior of animals are further developed for profit. A large number of farmers depend upon animal husbandry for their livelihood.

• Selective breeding: This is the process of breeding animals with desirable traits to produce offspring with those traits. It is used to improve the quality of animals raised for food, fiber, or other products.

• Raising of animals for food products: Animals provide us with a variety of food products which have high nutritional values. Therefore, they require a lot of care and attention.

• Day-to-day care: This includes providing proper food, shelter, and protection against diseases and predators.

• Production of non-food products: Animal husbandry also involves the production of non-food products such as fur, wool, and leather.

Animal husbandry is a large scale business, and the animals are bred, cared, reared, and sheltered in a farm or region, which are specially built for them. Animal husbandry involves poultry, milk-farms, apiculture (bee agriculture), aquaculture, etc. .