Boviculture

/ˈboʊvɪˌkʌltʃər/ noun

Definition

The breeding, raising, and care of cattle; the science and practice of cattle husbandry.

Etymology

From Latin bos (cattle) + cultura (cultivation, practice). Follows the pattern of agriculture (farming) and horticulture (garden cultivation), specifying the cultivation of cattle.

Kelly Says

Boviculture is the underappreciated science that built civilizations—selective cattle breeding created the dairy cows, beef cattle, and plow oxen that literally powered human agricultural societies for millennia.

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