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Answer» 1. Animal husbandry: The branch of Biology which deals with feeding, shelter,caring and breeding of domesticated animals is called animal husbandry. 2. Sericulture: Artificial rearing of silk worm and getting of silk from the silk worms is called sericulture. 3. Aquaculture: The production and farming of aquatic animals as fishes, prawns, shrimps, molluscs, lobsters etc. is called aquaculture. 4. Hatcheries: We raise small nurseries where water is stored in small pits where we put fish seeds (fish eggs). From these fish eggs very small fish come out after hatching. Then these small fish are transferred to big ponds. These small nurseries where eggs hatch to give small fish are called hatcheries. 5. Pisciculture: It deals with production and management of fishes. It is a scientific,systematic way of raising of fishes, their multiplication, their production and management. So it is used as food in a sensible way. |
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