Technology, Industry, and Agriculture [J] » Technology, Industry, and Agriculture [J01] » Agriculture » Animal Husbandry » Animal Culling
Health Care [N] » Environment and Public Health [N06] » Public Health » Public Health Practice » Communicable Disease Control » Animal Culling
Description
Selection and removal of individuals from a population or group. Culling is a common strategy with livestock and wildlife, used to control and eradicate diseases or pests, control population size, select for desired genetic characteristics, and maximize economic profit. MeSH
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