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What is the Reason for selecting breeding in animal husbandry?

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In animal husbandry, animals are used for the benefit of humans. Generally, they are used because of a specific trait that is helpful to us (IE, cows make milk, chickens lay eggs, etc). By selectively breeding animals that perform this trai the best (IE, the cow with the most milk), over generations the efficiency of an animal can be increased many fold.

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