page_title: Animal husbandry
section_title: Range of species
hierarchical_section_title: Animal husbandry / Husbandry / Range of species
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Stříž australských ovcí. Deutsch: Ein Merinoschaf, das in in Victoria, Australien geschoren wird. English: Fine Merino shearing Lismore, Victoria. Medium wool Merino being shorn. Lismore, Victoria. Shearing a Merino in Lismore, Victoria, Australia. Hrvatski: Suvremeno striženje ovaca u Australiji. Diné bizaad: Dibé bighaaʼ tádigééshgo eelkid. Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Suvremeno striženje ovaca u Australiji. Türkçe: Lismore, Victoria'da bir Merinos yünü işleme atölyesi.
context_page_description: Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, eggs, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding and the raising of livestock.
  Husbandry has a long history, starting with the Neolithic revolution when animals were first domesticated, from around 13,000 BC onwards, antedating farming of the first crops. By the time of early civilisations such as ancient Egypt, cattle, sheep, goats and pigs were being raised on farms.
  Major changes took place in the Columbian Exchange when Old World livestock were brought to the New World, and then in the British Agricultural Revolution of the 18th century, when livestock breeds like the Dishley Longhorn cattle and Lincoln Longwool sheep were rapidly improved by agriculturalists such as Robert Bakewell to yield more meat, milk, and wool.
  A wide range of other species such as horse, water buffalo, llama, rabbit and guinea pig are used as livestock in some parts of the world. Insect farming, as well as aquaculture of fish, molluscs, and crustaceans, is widespread.
  Modern animal husbandry relies on production systems adapted to the type of land available.
context_section_description: There is no single universally agreed definition of which species are livestock. Widely agreed types of livestock include cattle for beef and dairy, sheep, goats, pigs, and poultry. Various other species are sometimes considered livestock, such as horses, while poultry birds are sometimes excluded. In some parts of the world, livestock includes species such as buffalo, and the South American camelids, the alpaca and llama. Some authorities use much broader definitions to include fish in aquaculture, micro-livestock such as rabbits and rodents like guinea pigs, as well as insects from honey bees to crickets raised for human consumption.
caption: Shearing a Merino sheep for its wool
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