Sustainable Breeding in Cattle and Buffalo
Contents: Preface. I. Genetic Interventions in sustainable breeding. 1. Genetic resources of Indian dairy cattle and buffalo. 2. Riverine buffaloes-biggest potential in sustainable dairy production. 3. Sustainable breeding policies for dairy cattle. 4. Sustainable breeding policies for dairy buffaloes. 5. Progeny testing programme and sire evaluation. 6. Breeding strategies and performance recording under field conditions. 7. Breeding strategies under different animal production systems. 8. Present status, success/Failure and future road map for crossbreeding in India. 9. Advances in Breeding methodologies for sustainable performance. 10. Conservation of indigenous cattle and buffaloes. 11. Genotype and environment interaction. 12. Sustainable breeding with assisted reproductive technologies. II: Feeding and management interventions in sustainable breeding. 13. Feeding requirements in cattle and buffalo. 14. Methane Emission from cattle and buffalo. 15. Housing and heat stress management for cattle and buffaloes. III. Impact assessment of sustainable breeding. 16. Quantitative trait loci. 17. Multivariate analysis. 18. Documenting genetic resources for assessing sustainability. 19. An Impact study on breeding and management interventions enhancing dairy productivity and its sustainability. Glossary. References. Index.
India possesses largest bovine and bubaline population in the world, but her animals have low productivity. The poor individual performance of indigenous milk animals in India makes the animal husbandry and dairying a less sustainable enterprise. On the other hand, breeding cattle and buffaloes on scientific lines has a tremendous potential in making dairy sector more sustainable and economically profitable for animal keepers.
This book makes an attempt to re-look the existing animal improvement programmes being followed in the country with various supportive technologies and available resources. The emphasis is also made to identify the critical gaps affecting the productivity and how to mitigate those gaps through intervening improved and sustainable emerging technologies, so that the productivity of cattle and buffaloes can be further enhanced and made sustainable both at organized farms and under rural household conditions.
