Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) raising animals (except cattle, hogs and pigs, poultry, sheep and goats, aquaculture, apiculture, horses and other equines; and fur-bearing animals including rabbits) or (2) raising a combination of animals, with no one animal or family of animals accounting for one-half of the establishment's agricultural production (i.e., value of animals for market). Illustrative Examples: Bird production (e.g., canaries, parakeets, parrots) Laboratory animal production (e.g., rats, mice, guinea pigs) Deer production Combination animal farming (except dairy, poultry) Companion animals production (e.g., cats, dogs) Worm production Llama production Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--