Advances in Livestock Production and Management

Livestock is the backbone of our rural economy. Livestock sector is incompetent without good fodder production system. This book also covers one such fodder production. Housing system, hay, silage, seed production technology, feed additives and anti-nutritional factors are also covered in this book. Not only management, scope of this book also covers production and health aspects. Many important livestock diseases, heavy metal toxicities in chicks and mad cow disease are covered in this book. Importance of herbal drugs and area specific mineral mixture have also been discussed. An appropriate breeding strategies are very important for improving the genetic makeup of the livestock population and hence for improving economic gains from livestock. Bioinformatics have the potential in the development of correct breeding programmes and policy frames in India. Livestock sector has developed far beyond meat and milk industry. Today is the time of clean and wholesome production of food of animal origin, as the consumers are more concerned about the microbiological aspects of milk. The authors through their painstaking efforts have compiled the scattered information on various aspects of livestock production at one place. This book Advances in Livestock Production and Management endeavors to keep pace with many rapid changes in livestock development field as a whole. Here is the most complete coverage of almost all aspects of technical and scientific management of livestock's is being practiced in the field as well as at research level. A look at the table of contents would show that the book comprises of 24 research papers, review articles encompassing almost all aspects of management of livestock systems.