(i) Animal husbandry deals with the practice of raising, breeding and scientific management of livestock which includes various aspects such as feeding, breeding, and controlling diseases to raise the population of animal livestock.
(ii) It deals with the animals such as buffaloes, cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry, and fish which are useful for humans in various ways.
(iii)For the production of commercially important products such as milk, meat, wool, egg, honey, silk, etc, these animals are used.
(iv)As the human population increases, the demand for the products from livestock. Thus, the improvement in the management of livestock is needed .