Animal Feeding and Production in India
Contents: Preface. 1. Feeding of animals/Ashoka Kumar. 2. Evaluating the effect of total mixed rations on lactating cows under farmers field conditions/Kusum Rikhari, Kalpana Joshi, Ashoka Kumar, Ripusudan Kumar and Vir Singh. 3. Evaluation of maize and Sorghum fodders for nutritive value at two different stages of growth/Woda Jeremaih Odok, Mehandra Singh, Vir Singh, Ashoka Kumar and D. Kumar. 4. Livestock contributions to food security in mountain areas/Vir Singh. 5. Traditional health management in Indian Himalayas: ethnomedicine stays popular for livestock disease treatment/Manisha Joshi, Babita Bohra and Vir Singh. 6. Agricultural transformation and draught animal power system in Indian Central Himalayas/Vir Singh and Tej Partap. 7. Angora rabbit for wool production: opportunities in hill areas/C.B. Singh. 8. Techniques for better utilisation of crop residues for ruminant diet/R.S.l Jaiswal, Chetna Bhatt and Richa Pathak. 9. Livestock mediated agro ecosystems services in the Himalayan mountains/Vir Singh. 10. Himalayan Rangelands as a resource base of fodders/R.D. Gaur and Vir Singh. 11. Nutrient utilization of mustard straw supplemented with different levels of green oat fodder in crossbred heifers/D.N. Pandey, Ashoka Kumar, Ripusudan Kumar and Vir Singh. 12. Animal feedings: frequently asked questions/Ashoka Kumar. Index.
Animal Feeding and Production in India an edited work of the prominent scholars and renowned experts at the prestigious GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar. Especially structured for Indian farmers livestock owners dairy entrepreneurs animal ecologists researchers and students the book attempts to cover all aspects of livestock production and feeding. All important livestock species cattle buffaloes Angora rabbits goat sheep poultry which are reared in India and serve rural economies to a great extent have been covered in the chapters. Issues such as total mixed rations nutritive value of cultivated fodders ethno medicines draught animal power Angora rabbitry fostering nutritive value of poorly digestible straws livestock mediated agro ecosystem services rangeland resources unconventional feeds such as mustard straw etc. have been intensively discussed. The last chapter of the book beautifully answers questions frequently asked by the farmers. In essence the book could be of vital significance for sustainable livestock production and feeding and for augmenting livestock based livelihoods.
