Meanings
nounanimal husbandry (usually uncountable, plural animal husbandries)
plural animal husbandries
- uncountableusuallyThe management and care of farm animals by humans for profit, in which genetic qualities and behaviour, considered to be advantageous to humans, are further developed.
Translations
Arabic زِرَاعَة حَيَوَانِيَّة, رَعْي
- زِرَاعَة حَيَوَانِيَّةmanagement and care of farm animals
- رَعْي (raʕy)management and care of farm animals
- تَرْبِيَة حَيَوَانmanagement and care of farm animals
Chinese Mandarin 畜牧, 畜牧業 /畜牧业
- 畜牧 (xùmù)management and care of farm animals
- 畜牧業 /畜牧业 (xùmùyè)management and care of farm animals
Danish dyrehold, husdyrhold
- dyreholdmanagement and care of farm animals
- husdyrholdmanagement and care of farm animals
Dutch veeteelt
- veeteeltmanagement and care of farm animals
Estonian loomakasvatus
- loomakasvatusmanagement and care of farm animals
Finnish karjatalous, karjanhoito
- karjatalousmanagement and care of farm animals
- karjanhoitomanagement and care of farm animals
French élevage
- élevagemanagement and care of farm animals
German Tierhaltung, Viehzucht
- Tierhaltungmanagement and care of farm animals
- Viehzuchtmanagement and care of farm animals
Hindi पशुपालन
- पशुपालन (paśupālan)management and care of farm animals
Hungarian állattenyésztés
- állattenyésztésmanagement and care of farm animals
Italian allevamento
- allevamentomanagement and care of farm animals
Japanese 畜産
- 畜産 (chikusan)management and care of farm animals
Korean 축산
- 축산 (chuksan)management and care of farm animals
Norwegian Bokmål husdyrhold, dyrehold
- husdyrholdmanagement and care of farm animals
- dyreholdmanagement and care of farm animals
Persian دامداری, دامپروری
- دامداری (dâmdâri)management and care of farm animals
- دامپروری (dâmparvari)management and care of farm animals
Polish hodowla zwierząt
- hodowla zwierzątmanagement and care of farm animals
Portuguese pecuária
- pecuáriamanagement and care of farm animals
Romanian creșterea animalelor
- creșterea animalelormanagement and care of farm animals
Russian животново́дство
- животново́дство (životnovódstvo)management and care of farm animals
Spanish ganadería
- ganaderíamanagement and care of farm animals
Turkish hayvancılık
- hayvancılıkmanagement and care of farm animals
Ukrainian твари́нництво
- твари́нництво (tvarýnnyctvo)management and care of farm animals
Cite this entry
APA
animal husbandry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animal%20husbandry
MLA
“animal husbandry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animal%20husbandry. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “animal husbandry,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animal%20husbandry.
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