What is farm animal breeding?
Farm animal breeding is the activity in farm animal production providing the next generation of farm animals. Animal breeding ensures a continuous improvement of farm animals, generation after generation. Different animal traits are measured and the best animals are used a parent-animals.
What is the role of breeders in livestock farming?
In this way, breeders provide livestock farmers with a next generation of animals. Farm animal breeders have an essential contribution to a healthy and sustainable food supply chain. Farm animal breeding includes all farmed animal species both on land and in water.
What is the impact of animal breeding on society?
Farm animal breeders indirectly influence food safety and public health, product quality, efficiency, environment, animal health and welfare, and genetic diversity. Breeding is society sensitive because it drives changes in the genetic make-up of animals and the use of new technologies (e.g. genomics, computing sciences).
What is sustainability in animal breeding and reproduction?
Sustainability in animal breeding and reproduction means the extent to which animal breeding and reproduction, as managed by professional organisations, contribute to maintenance and good care of animal genetic resources for future generations.