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Preferred term

animal production  

Entry terms

  • animal farm
  • animal farming
  • animal husbandry
  • farm
  • herding
  • livestock breeding
  • livestock farming
  • livestock husbandry
  • livestock industry
  • livestock production
  • livestock production unit
  • livestock raising
  • livestock rearing
  • rearing
  • stock raising
  • stock rearing

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Subject

  • Science of animal production

Example

  • “According to the definition of the [European] decree No. 2092/91 'animal production' means the production of domestic or domesticated animals both terrestrial (including insects) and aquatic species bred in fresh, brackish or salt waters.” (Source : INRA)
  • “A code of good practice has been developed by the livestock breeding industry, designed to ensure maximum openness and clarity about the practices used in farm animal breeding and reproduction.” (Source : INRA)
  • “Animal husbandry is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock.Keeping and breeding livestock domesticated for economic reasons in farms, stud farms and similar establishments.” (Source : INRA)
  • “'Livestock farming' means the breeding, rearing, caring and treatment of livestock as a commercial undertaking or for sale.” (Source : INRA)
  • “'Livestock industry' means all the activities comprised in the production, marketing and distribution of livestock, including the carrying on of slaughterhouses and livestock auctions and markets.” (Source : INRA)
  • “'livestock production' refers to animals that are reared primarily for meat, whereas 'livestock products' refers to foods such as milk and eggs.” (Source : INRA)
  • “'livestock raising' means (a)the rearing of domesticated animals for (i)the production of food for human or animal consumption, (ii)wool, hide, feather or fur production.” (Source : INRA)
  • “'Stock Raising' means the breeding, feeding, grazing, herding or sheltering of more than one (1) animal such as cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, and horses, for any purpose.” (Source : INRA)
  • “Stock-raising, where the stock is domesticated, and agriculture – the sowing and harvesting of domesticated plants. It is usually assumed that the process of sowing includes systematic turning over of the soil either by human labour (digging, using a foot-plough) or by using animal traction to pull a plough.” (Source : INRA)
  • “The term herding refers to the management of groups of animals – either in a settled or mobile context, usually in a secondary role to plant cultivation, where plant cultivation occurs.” (Source : INRA)

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  • Information

    lexinfo:gender: masculin

    lexinfo:partOfSpeech: noun

    élevage

    French

URI

http://opendata.inrae.fr/ASYSEL/22

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