Ethically disputed business practices towards animals

pregnancy through in vivo fertilization

type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry designed to maximize production, while minimizing costs

breeding or raising animals for their fur

long-term production of milk

technique for marking livestock so as to identify the owner, traditionally with a hot iron

removal and retention of shark fins while the remainder of the living shark is discarded in the ocean

bears kept in captivity to harvest their bile

A housing system used for various animal production methods, but primarily for egg-laying hens

Ractopamine () is an animal feed additive used to promote leanness and increase food conversion efficiency in farmed animals in few countries, banned in most. Pharmacologically, it is a phenol-based TAAR1 agonist and β adrenoreceptor agonist that stimulates β1 and β2 adrenergic receptors. It is most commonly administered to animals for meat production as ractopamine hydrochloride. It is the active ingredient in products marketed in the US as Paylean for swine, Optaflexx for cattle, and Topmax for turkeys. It was developed by Elanco Animal Health, a former division of Eli Lilly and Company.

Exsanguination is the loss of blood from the circulatory system of a vertebrate, usually leading to death. The word comes from the Latin 'sanguis', meaning blood, and the prefix 'ex-', meaning 'out of'.

process by which wool on a sheep is cut off

process of killing newly hatched poultry for which the industry has no use

process of removing the horns of livestock

The trimming of a bird's beak, usually performed on domesticated birds

alt=|thumb|350x350px|Beef cattle in a feedlot in Texas A feedlot or feed yard is a type of animal feeding operation (AFO) which is used in intensive animal farming, notably beef cattle, but also swine, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens or ducks, prior to slaughter. Large beef feedlots are called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) in the United States and intensive livestock operations (ILOs) or confined feeding operations (CFO) in Canada. They may contain thousands of animals in an array of pens.

peptide hormone produced by cows' pituitary glands

metal enclosure used in intensive pig farming

Status of legal issue concerning ethical food consumption and animal welfare

form of animal testing

ship designed to carry livestock

removal by fishery managers of one or both eyestalks from a crustacean

commercial transport of livestock across national borders

type of stable for milk cows

method of taming wild elephants

modern large-scale farming of domestic pigs

thumb|250px|1875 illustration of swans being pinioned during the Swan Upping Pinioning is the act of surgically removing one pinion joint, the joint of a bird's wing furthest from the body, to prevent flight. Pinioning is often done to waterfowl and poultry. Sometimes it is done in zoos in order to have birds in roofless enclosures. It is not typically done to companion bird species such as parrots. This practice is restricted in many countries.

removal of a live crab's claws