Animal husbandry is a production department that uses the physiological functions of domesticated animals, such as livestock and poultry, or wild animals such as deer, musk deer, fox, mink, otter and quail, and transforms plants such as pasture and feed into animal energy through artificial feeding, so as to obtain livestock products such as meat, eggs, milk, wool, velvet, skin, silk and medicinal materials.
Different from self-sufficient animal husbandry, the main characteristics of animal husbandry are centralization, scale and profit-making production. Animal husbandry is a very important link in the material exchange between human beings and nature.
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Animal husbandry plays an important role in the national economy, mainly as follows:
1, providing animal foods such as meat, milk and eggs.
2. Provide raw materials such as wool, cashmere, leather, bristles, animal bones and casings for industry.
3. Obtain foreign exchange through the export of livestock products.
4. Promote the development of animal husbandry input industry and livestock product processing industry, and increase employment opportunities.
5. Provide organic fertilizer for crop production.
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