TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vir, Singh
AU  - Ashoka Kumar.
AU  - Jaiswal,R.S.
TI  - Animal feeding and production in India
SN  - 9788170357407
U1  - 636.085 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - NEW DELHI
PB  - Daya Publishing House
KW  - Animal feeding
KW  - India
KW  - Himalaya Mountains
N2  - Animal Feeding and Production in India, an edited work of the prominent scholars and renowned experts at the prestigious GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. Especially structured for Indian farmers, livestock owners, dairy entrepreneurs, animal ecologists, researchers, and students, the book attempts to cover all aspects of livestock production and feeding. All important livestock species - cattle, buffaloes, Angora rabbits, goat, sheep, poultry - which are reared in India and serve rural economies to a great extent have been covered in the chapters. Issues such as total mixed rations, nutritive value of cultivated fodders, ethno-medicines, drought animal power, Angora rabbitry, fostering nutritive value of poorly digestible straws, livestock-mediated ago-ecosystem services, range land resources, unconventional feeds such as mustard straw, etc. have been intensively discussed. The last chapter of the book beautifully answers questions frequently asked by the farmers. In essence, the book could be of vital significance for sustainable livestock production and feeding and for augmenting livestock based livelihoods
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