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close this bookBetter Farming Series 09 - Animal Husbandry: Animal Diseases; How Animals Reproduce (FAO - INADES, 1976, 33 p.)
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close this folderAnimal health
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View the documentInjuries
View the documentParasites
close this folderDiseases
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View the documentVaccination
View the documentLooking after ill animals
close this folderReproduction
close this folderHow animals reproduce
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close this folderThe reproductive systems
View the documentThe female
View the documentThe male
View the documentPregnancy and birth
close this folderChoosing breeding animals
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View the documentCastration
View the documentHow to know your herd
close this folderSelling animals
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View the documentAnimals are sold for their meat.
View the documentAnimals are sold for breeding.
View the documentYoung animals are sold for fattening.
View the documentThe yield of a herd
View the documentFarmers' groups
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Animals are sold for breeding.

We saw that it is very important to have good breeding animals (see pages 18 and 19).
Animals of a good breed that have good parents can be sold at a high price.

Modern farmers are ready to spend money to buy a good sire to improve their herd.