What is meant by the term ‘breed’ ? What are the objectives of animal breeding ?

Breed is 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 and the quantity of animal products.

(b) Improving the  quality of the produce.

(c) To combine good qualities of two different breeds by cross breeding and produce a better breed.