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Veterinary Medicine vocabulary · Nutrition, Husbandry and Welfare

Husbandry

Meaning in veterinary medicine, with examples

/ˈhʌzbəndri/nounCommon term

In veterinary medicine, husbandry means: The everyday care and management of farm animals, including housing, feeding, breeding, hygiene and handling.

In Turkish: hayvan yetiştiriciliği, bakım ve yönetim

How it is used

Common in the phrases animal husbandry and good husbandry. Vets often find that a herd problem is caused by husbandry rather than infection, and they suggest changes to ventilation, bedding or stocking density.

Example sentences

  1. The calf pneumonia is mainly a husbandry problem: the shed is damp and poorly ventilated.

  2. The second-year module covers the husbandry of cattle, sheep and pigs.

Common collocations

  • animal husbandry
  • good husbandry
  • husbandry practices
  • husbandry system
  • animal welfareThe physical and mental state of an animal and how well its needs are met, including health, suitable food and shelter, normal behaviour and freedom from pain and fear.
  • livestockAnimals kept on farms to produce meat, milk, eggs, wool or other products, such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry.
  • feedFood given to farm animals, such as hay, silage, grain or compound feed. As a verb, feed means to give food to an animal.
  • biosecurityThe set of measures used to stop infectious diseases from getting into a farm, clinic or country and from spreading inside it.

More terms: Nutrition, Husbandry and Welfare

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