How to Use animal husbandry in a Sentence

animal husbandry

noun
  • Most people in Hasankeyf live off tourism, and some off animal husbandry.
    The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The first has to do with the carbon footprint of animal husbandry itself.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2019
  • And behind the scenes, world-class research and animal husbandry is taking place.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2021
  • This has been a problem since the beginning of animal husbandry.
    The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Part of the farm's animal husbandry involves collecting the hair that's shed from musk ox undercoats each spring.
    Bailey Berg, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2018
  • Part of the farm’s animal husbandry involves collecting the hair that’s shed from musk ox undercoats each spring.
    Bailey Berg, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2020
  • Replacing beef and dairy can reduce the impact food has on climate since animal husbandry is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 3 May 2023
  • Some of the entrants had a lifetime of experience with animal husbandry in the wilderness.
    Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Undoubtedly, there are trainers who care deeply for their charges and uphold best practices in animal husbandry.
    Cynthia Chris, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
  • And then, yeah, moved into some really exciting use cases and things like animal husbandry.
    IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2024
  • This ordinance embraces the presence of livestock and bees through animal husbandry.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The catteries at the temples of Bastet are our first efforts at raising cats in a manner of animal husbandry.
    Martin Mejia, National Geographic, 13 Nov. 2016
  • The program will teach everything from animal husbandry to meat processing.
    Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2018
  • The Dnipro area eventually learned the ways of pottery, animal husbandry and farming, as well as modern burials.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Five young people, ages 16 to 20, and two leaders spend every other week learning about animal husbandry.
    Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2021
  • Approximations are still required to get a number that’s useful to anyone in animal husbandry.
    Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2020
  • At Iowa State, Trice majored in animal husbandry and competed on both the freshman track and football teams.
    Joshua Kagavi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
  • As with their rural counterparts, the Vincent students have found that raising and showing livestock is about much more than animal husbandry.
    Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2019
  • There is no doubt that agriculture and animal husbandry has provided much more, and often better, products on a regular basis.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The Neolithic saw the dawn of agriculture and animal husbandry some 6,000 years ago.
    Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 6 July 2024
  • Damselfish cultivate gardens of algae, and some ants have even developed a form of animal husbandry that includes shepherding stocks of aphids and mealy bugs.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2022
  • Lucas believed the Humane Society’s heavy support of the bill was an attempt to stop animal husbandry.
    Britta Lokting, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
  • From there, techniques for crop farming and animal husbandry slowly spread westward across the Mediterranean world and into Europe.
    Manuel Jaén, National Geographic, 4 June 2020
  • Farmer Kurt Brunner practices the kind of animal husbandry that the proposal’s organizers’ would like to see.
    Lisa Abend/zurich, Time, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The switch from hunting and gathering and nomadism to settled agriculture and animal husbandry seems to have brought about a profound change in people’s treatment of animals.
    Longreads, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Researchers agree farming and animal husbandry spread northwest through Europe from the Fertile Crescent.
    Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2014
  • Other cuneiform texts also describe animal husbandry programs used to breed the kunga, Science reports.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The turtle was transferred to the Aquarium of the Pacific, where its veterinary and animal husbandry staff performed surgery.
    Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 16 May 2024
  • The restaurant will specialize in high-quality beef sourced from a program focusing on genetics and sustainable animal husbandry.
    Sonia Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The former were hunter-gatherers who tended to rely upon marine resources, while the latter were agriculturalists who engaged in a great deal of animal husbandry.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2011

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