Draft:Outline of animal science

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to animal science:

What is animal science?
Animal science can be described as all of the following:


 * an academic discipline – branch of knowledge. It incorporates expertise, people, projects, communities, challenges, studies, inquiry, and research areas that are strongly associated with a given scholastic subject area or college department.
 * branch of science – systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
 * branch of natural science – branch of science concerned with the description, prediction, and understanding of natural phenomena, based on observational and empirical evidence.
 * branch of biology – natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, evolution, distribution, identification and taxonomy.
 * branch of agricultural science – agricultural science is the broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture.
 * branch of applied science – discipline of science that applies existing scientific knowledge to develop more practical applications, like technology or inventions.
 * branch of agriculture – cultivation and breeding of animals, plants and fungi for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal plants and other products used to sustain and enhance human life.

Areas of study in animal science

 * Farm animals


 * Companion animals
 * Dogs
 * Cats
 * Horses
 * Horse anatomy
 * Equine reproductive system
 * Horse breeding
 * Horse care
 * Equine nutrition
 * Mare milk

General animal science concepts

 * Animal domestication, the artificial selection (breeding) of animals for human purposes.
 * Farm animals, animals that have been selected for their utility in an agricultural setting.
 * Pets, animals that have been selectively bred for their temperament and suitability as companions to humans.
 * Working animals, animals that have been selected for their ability to do useful work, such as transporting humans (draught animals).
 * Animal physiology, the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical aspects of animal function.

Animal science organizations

 * American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists

Animal science publications

 * Animal
 * Animal Reproduction Science
 * Animal Science
 * Animal Science Journal
 * Indian Journal of Animal Sciences
 * Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences
 * Journal of Animal Science