All Other Animal Production
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).
Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain. Census publishes this definition under NAICS 112990, the only detailed industry in this group.
Illustrative examples
- Bird production (e.g., canaries, parakeets, parrots)
- Laboratory animal production (e.g., rats, mice, guinea pigs)
- Combination animal farming (except dairy, poultry)
- Companion animals production (e.g., cats, dogs)
- Worm production
- Deer production
- Llama production
Which code does this activity belong in?
All Other Animal Production covers establishments raising animals not elsewhere classified, including companion animals, laboratory animals, deer, llamas, and worms, as well as mixed animal operations where no single animal type represents half the farm's production value. The code excludes specialized operations focused on horses and equines, which are classified in Horses and Other Equine Production; apiary operations, classified in Apiculture; and fur-bearing animal or rabbit farms, which belong in Fur-Bearing Animal and Rabbit Production.
Written for NAICS 112990, the only detailed industry in this group.