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Synopsis Livestock and poultry in Indian tropical and subtropics play a critical role in agricultural economy by providing milk, wool, meat, eggs and draft power and provide flexible reserves during period of economic stress and buffer against crop failure, Rabbit farming is no doubt very profitable wing to their short generation interval and their rapid prolificacy. The large demand for animal wool seems to be assured. Sheep rearing is the major source of livelihood to small and marginal farmers and landless laborers in hilly areas, arid and semi-arid region of India. Goat was believed to be the earliest ruminant, among livestock, species, to be domesticated by man in around 7600 B.C. probably due to its multipurpose utility to the human beings. Fish is a good source of animal proteins, Man has realized its importance from the very inception of the evolution of the human race. It has been the sole diet for many island nation before the evolution of farming techniques.