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Livestock Health and Management

Livestock Health and Management

Edited by Sudesh Radotra, V K Sharma, Arun Sharma, Daisy Wadhwa, Devi Gopinath and Gauri Jairath
3116 3995 (22% off)
ISBN 13
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9789390591237
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Hardbound
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English
Year
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2022
The book fulfills the need for a comprehensive text and reference book on livestock production, health, nutrition and crop mixed farming. Though many foreign books are available, they are way too expensive for the student and written in a complex way. In this scenario, this book is very handy as well as written as per the requirements of teachers, scientists, students and industry personnel working in the area of animal production and in general animal health management and crop mixed farming for nutritional security. The authors of this book are eminent researchers and professors from various veterinary and agriculture colleges and ICAR research institutes across the country. It is a compilation of many topics of importance as far as livestock farming, health and production is concerned. Some insights in to the crop mixed farming and aquaculture will be a treat to the readers. This book is unique in its kind in meeting the requirements of its reader community and it will be a solution for many problems related to livestock farming, and agriculture. Contents: 1. Role of Livestock in Ensuring Food and Nutritional Security in India A.K. Verma and R.K. Mohanta 2. Integrating Crops and Livestock in Indian Agricultural Systems What is the Way Forward? Ashish Kumar and Bakul Rao 3. Pig Production Attractive Entrepreneurship for Livelihood Security Eaknath B. Chakurkar 4. Role of Poultry for Livelihood Security in Northern India Sandeep Saran, Satyapal, and Raj Narayan 5. Migratory Pastoralism: Mainstay of Hill Livestock Farming Constraints and Future Prospects P.K. Dogra, Varun Sankhyan, Sudesh Radotra, and Y.P. Thakur 6. Animal Nutrition Technologies: Farmers’ Perception and Future Strategies O.H. Chaturvedi, D. Sethi and S.M.K. Naqvi 7. Role of Prebiotics in Gastrointestinal Health and Function A.K. Samanta, Sohini Roy, C. Jayaram, A.P. Kolte, Manpal Sridhar, S. Senani and A. Dhali 8. Modern Biotechnological Tools for Augmenting Livestock Production and Health Dharmendra Kumar, Naresh L. Selokar, P.S. Yadav 9. Techniques of Boar Semen Collection, Preservation and Artificial Insemination S. Naskar 10. Food and Feeding Strategies in Freshwater Aquaculture G.H. Pailan and B.K. Mahapatra 11. Defining The Role of Occupational Physiology and Ergonomics for Improvement of Health and Productivity of Indian Inland Fishermen Rajib Biswas and Alok Ghosh Chaudhuri 12. Freshwater Fish Transgenics: Implications and Issues Hirak Kumar Barman and Kiran D. Rasal 13. Nutritional Management of Macro Minerals Disorders in Peri-parturient Dairy Animals Vishal Mudgal and R.K. Jain 14. Hormonal Regulation of Partitioning of Nutrients in Bypass Fat Supplemented Animals Mahendra Singh 15. Nutrigenomics: A New Concept in Animal Nutrition Tools and its Applications Amrish Kumar Tyagi, Sachin Kumar and Ravindra Kumar Yogi 16. Effects of Plant Bioactives on Protein Metabolism and GI Parasite in Small Ruminants Narayan Dutta and Avijit Dey 17. Molecular Breeding to Enhance Production in Livestock G.K. Gaur, Triveni Dutt, P.K. Bharti, B.H.M. Patel and Mukesh Singh 18. Water Footprints of Dairy Cattle Husbandry R.K. Sharma, Nazam Khan, Ankur Rastogi and Zulfqarul Haq 19. Formulation and Supplementation of Urea Molasses Mineral Blocks for Improving Animal Production Putan Singh 20. An Overview of Impact of Climate Change on Vector-Borne Zoonotic Diseases Sandip Khurana 21. Toxicopathology of Important Plants of North-Western Himalayan Region of India Rinku Sharma, Devi Gopinath, Gauri Jairath, Ajayta Rialch , Uma Shankar Pati, Birbal Singh, Gorakh Mal and Sudesh Radotra 22. Agro-Industrial Wastes as Animal Feed for Economic Livestock Production Gauri Jairath, Devi Gopinath, Rinku Sharma, Ajayta Rialch, Sudesh Radotra, Gorakh Mal and Birbal Singh 23. Vectors and Vector Transmitted Diseases of Ruminants Devi Gopinath, Gauri Jairath, Rinku Sharma, Ajayta Rialch, Sudesh Radotra, Birbal Singh and Gorakh Mal 24. Sustainable Control Measure for Gastro-Intestinal Nematodes of Small Ruminants Ajayta Rialch, Gauri Jairath, Devi Gopinath, Rinku Sharma, Gorakh Mal, Birbal Singh and Sudesh Radotra About the Author: Sudesh Radotra: Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Regional Station Palampur-176 061, Himachal Pradesh VK Sharma: Retired Professor Animal Nutrition, Village Aima, Bhardwaj Colony, Palampur-176 061 Himachal Pradesh Arun Sharma: Assistant Professor, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur-176 062, Himachal Pradesh Daisy Wadhwa: Professor, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur-176 062, Himachal Pradesh Devi Gopinath: Scientist, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Regional Station, Palampur-176 061 Himachal Pradesh Gauri Jairath: Scientist, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Regional Station, Palampur-176 061 Himachal Pradesh