This patent landscape report provides an overview of international patent activity for animal genetic resources, in particular those relating to food and agriculture. The empirical analysis of patent activity for animal genetic resources for food and agriculture has received remarkably little attention in the scientific literature. Indeed, in conducting the present research we found no example of a quantitative analytical study of patent activity for animal genetic resources with respect to food and agriculture. This study presents large-scale quantitative analysis of patent activity across a range of animal species that are important for food and agriculture. As such, its main focus is addressing the challenges involved in identifying patent activity for animal genetic resources in general and activity relating to animal genetic resources for food and agriculture in particular. The research focuses on identifying patent activity in relation to 17 animal species and subspecies of global importance to food and agriculture. The research covered cattle, buffalo, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, bactrian and dromedary camels, llama and alpaca species along with chickens, ducks and turkeys. The research did not include fish. These species, and the diverse breeds associated with them, are central to global agriculture and food security.