Sustainable Livestock and Poultry Breeding
Contents: Preface. I. Animal Breeding Programmes in India: 1. Domestication of Farm Animals. 2 Animal Husbandry Development & Education in India.3. Breed Improvement Programmes I. Bovines. 4. Breed Improvement Programmes II. Ovines and Rabbits. 5. Breed Improvement Programmes III. Camel, Equine and Pig. 6. Breed Improvement Programmes IV. Poultry. 7. Constraints of Development Programme. 8. Livestock Contribution 115-137. II. Conventional Animal Breeding Techniques: 9. Response to Selection. 10. Measurement of Response. 11. Bases of Selection. 12. Pedigree Selection. 13. Family Selection. 14. Progeny Selection. 15. Selection for Different Kinds of Gene Action. 16. Selection Experiments. 17. Mating Systems I. Inbreeding. 18. Mating System II. Outbreeding. 19. Poultry Breeding. III. Sustainable Animal Breeding and Production: 20. Sustainable Animal Production. 21. Documentation and Conservation of Germplasm. 22. Animal Breeding Strategies. 23. Biotechniques for Animal Breeding. 24. Biotechniques in Animal Reproduction. 25. Biotechniques in Animal Nutrition. 26. Sustainable Animal Management. 27. Animal Health Care.
It was felt the need of the day to compile the entire subject matter related to sustainable animal breeding and production in a single volume to meet the requirement as per syllabus of Post Graduate programme of animal breeding taught in State Agricultural Universities in India. The entire subject matter of animal breeding in this book has been covered in 3 parts comprising 27 chapters. The first part of 8 chapters has been devoted to the domestication of animals, animal husbandry development and education in India, breed improvement programmes for different species in India, and contribution of livestock. The second part comprises 11 chapters covering the conventional animal breeding techniques based on the principles of population genetics. The last third part comprising 8 chapters of the book deals with the essentials of sustainable animal breeding and production covering the documentation and conservation of AnGR, strategies for breeding of different species of livestock and poultry, biotechniques in animal breeding, reproduction, nutrition, management and health care. (jacket)
