Question

Leghorn and Aseel are related to
A) Apiculture
B) Dairy Farming
C) Pisciculture
D) Poultry

Answer 1

Animal rearing is raising the breed of animals for the products they provide like meat, milk, egg, etc. Animal rearing can help in recycling of nutrients and also improve the soil. Leghorn and Aseel are the breed of chicken. They are mainly reared for the egg and meat.

Complete answer:
Animal rearing is one of the most important aspects in which the animals are reared for milk, meat, skin, wool etc. The rearing is mainly done for pleasure or profit. Some types of animal rearing are:
A) Apiculture: It is rearing honey bees. The hives are maintained. They rearing of honey bees provide valuable honey.
B) Dairy Farming: It is the rearing of cattle for producing milk. Animals like cows and buffalos are reared.
C) Pisciculture: It is raising fish commercially. The fishes are bred in tanks, ponds etc and are commercially sold as a source of food.
D) Poultry: It is rearing of chicken, geese, turkey and ducks for meat and egg. Some of the important species of chicken reared are:
I) Leghorn: It is the breed of chicken which originated in Italy. The eggs produced are white in colour and weigh around 60 gm. This breed is used all over the world.
II) Aseel: It is the breed of chicken which originated in India and Pakistan. They were initially used as fighting cocks.

Thus, the correct answer is option (D).

Note: The disadvantages of poultry farming are:
- Capital investment is required to start a poultry.
- Occurrence of poultry disease can wipe out an entire batch of chicken.
- There is a risk of transmitting the disease from birds to humans.
- The birds are treated with a high amount of antibiotics and growth hormones.