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  • Animal care and use in research, testing, and teaching Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)
American bison stands on rangeland
Alternative Livestock
Two ferrets
Animal Experimentation and Animal Use Alternatives
APHIS Veterinarian at the Warm Springs facility
Animal Health and Veterinary Medicine
Trout
Aquaculture
black angus cow
Beef Cattle and Meat Production
Dairy Cow
Dairy Cattle and Dairy Farming
Shackleford Banks Horse courtesy of the National Park Service
Horses
A lady beetle sits on a leaf stem at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) North Central Laboratory in Brookings, SD on Nov. 11, 2011. Coccinella septempunctata is a predatory lady beetle introduced into North Ame
Insects and Entomology
Broiler chickens graze on organic pastures and live in pens that protect them from predators, direct sun light, and wind at Nick’s Organic Farm, owned by Nick Maravell in Adamstown, MD on Friday, July 12, 2013.
Poultry and Poultry Production
Two sheep
Sheep, Goats, and Small Ruminants
Pigs at Keenbell Farm
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