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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Animal Culling
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Animal Culling
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Animal Culling  

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  • 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.

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  • 2015

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