Zootechnics

Zootechnics^[1][2] is the scientific art of managing domestic or captive animals, including handling, breeding, and keeping.^[3]

Based on:^{[clarification needed]} genetics, reproduction (animal husbandry), feeding and nutrition, handling, health (preventive medicine) and economics.

Zootechnical studies or zootechnics engineering is a degree more popular in South America and Iberian Europe rather than in other parts of the world.^[4]

See also

• Agricultural science – Academic field within biology
• Zoology – Scientific study of animals