Feeding and Management of Livestock During Drought and Scarcity
Contents: Preface. I. Feeding management: 1. Feeding practices of livestock during drought conditions-importance of feed supplements/B.K. Mathur. 2. Feeding of buffaloes in arid and semi arid regions/B.S. Punia and P.C. Lailer. 3. Advances in balanced feeding of camel for its optimum draught potential/G.R. Purohit. 3. Supplementary feed blocks and nutrient mixture--an approach for balanced feeding during droughts/H.C. Bohra. 5. Drought: impact on agriculture and livestock, major nutritional strategies to overcome ill effects in livestock/N.V. Patil. 6. Complete feed and fodder blocks--a strategic approach to combat feed stress situations/P.C. Lailer. 7. Importance of rumen manipulations towards improving production efficiency of animals in drought situation/S.S. Paul. 8. Feed processing as complete feed block for sustainable animal production in arid and semi arid regions/Tribhuwan Sharma. II. Feed resource management: 9. Processing and conservation of feed resources for livestock feeding during drought/Harpal Singh. 10. Weeds as a source of fodder in hot and arid zone--a review/J.P. Singh, B.K. Mathur, V.S. Rathore and R.K. Beniwal. 11. Role of remote sensing in mapping grazing resources/J.R. Sharma and S. Pathak. 12. Multipurpose trees as alternate feed resources for better livestock production in dry areas particularly in arid zone/L.N. Harsh. 13. Silvipastoral approach to combat fodder crises during drought/M. Patidar. 14. Propagation and management of grasses of arid zone/M.P. Rajora. 15. Drought resistant grasses and weed resources for feeding animals/Manjit Singh. 16. Feed and management in arid region/Pratap Narain. 17. Shrub and legume based pastures for sustainable animal production--problems and prospects/T.K. Bhati. III. Production management: 18. Management of shelter for amelioration of environment stress for optimum production/A.K. Patel. 19. Management and feeding of sheep during limited feed resources/B.S. Rajpurohit. 20. Extension interventions in transfer of animal husbandry technologies relevant to drought prone areas/M.K. Mandape. 21. Potable and hypersaline water use efficiencies in arid livestock/M.S. Khan. 22. Role of probiotics in improving livestock productivity/P.P. Rohilla. 23. Improvement of sheep productivity in arid region/S.A. Karim and A.K. Shinde. 24. Drought adapted breeds of livestock/S.K. Kaushish. IV. Health management: 25. Impact of drought on reproduction and fertility in animals/Alok Chand Mathur. 26. Livestock management during drought/A.K. Gahlot. 27. Diagnostic approach for the livestock affected drought situation/B.R.J. Mathur. 28. Diseases management and control in ruminants in arid region/S. Kachhawaha, N.V. Patil, A.K. Gahlot, B.K. Mathur and A.C. Mathur. 29. Animal insurance--a financial safeguard to livestock owners during natural calamities/V.S. Shekhawat. Author index.
"Recurrent droughts in arid and semi arid regions of the country leads to feed scarcity situations affecting livestock production. Livestock remains a major economic base of farmers when crops are lost in drought. This book attempts to address the issue of management in terms of feeding livestock for production and health in drought period. The chapters included in the book elucidates the management of feeding, feed resources, production and health so as to make the livestock production economical. The compilation will provide useful for the researchers, planners and policy makers to understand the causes for the loss of productivity and health of livestock in drier regions and help in devising management plans towards sustenance and improvement of production.
The contributions from the researchers and experts from National Research Institutions, Government organizations and universities working in the dry areas will be useful to all concerned, including the professionals of animal husbandry."
