Sustainable Livestock Production

Contents: Preface. 1. Historical developments of animal husbandry in India. 2. Review of livestock development programmes up to 9th Five Year Plan. 3. Livestock sector, contribution to food employment and incomes. 4. State of livestock and poultry genetic resources, need for their identification, description evaluation sustainable management conservation preservation. 5. State of genetic improvement of livestock and poultry species. 6. State of livestock feed resources their evaluation conservation improvement and utilization.  7. State of livestock  diseases, control and eradication measures. 8. State of livestock products indigenous dairy products.  9. State of livestock products meat. 10. State of livestock products fibre and meat from small ruminants...

This book would be of great use to under graduate post-graduate students, teachers and scientists in Animal Science, Dairy Science and Veterinary Science as it critically analyze the present situation of livestock research, education and extension and the future programs for sustainable livestock production. Livestock keeper is the master and must be considered as honored client by the professionals engaged in research and education transfer of technology. The R&D in livestock should aim at improvement of production and productivity to an optimum level given the necessary conditions of production viz. i. nutrition, ii. disease situation, its control and eradication measures, iii. processing and marketing infrastructure available and iv. social, economic and cultural aspects of livestock keepers and consumers and their considerations in formulation of livestock improvement programs.