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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
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What is meant by the term ‘breed’ ? What are the objectives of animal breeding ?

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Breed. A group of animals related by descent and similar in most characters like general appearance, features, size, configuration etc. are said to belong to a breed.

The objectives of animal breeding are :

(a) Increasing the yield of animals.

(b) Improving the desirable qualities of the produce.

(c) To combine good qualities of two different breeds into one by cross breeding.

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