Animal husbandry and dairy activities continue to be an integral part of human life. In India Agriculture means for the sustenance of the family and the local community together with the services of blacksmith, carpenter, washerman , tailor, cobbler, and livestock etc. Man’s agricultural life is incomplete without the role of domestic animals like cows and buffaloes, bullocks, sheep and goat, poultry, ducks and other birds, asses, horses, camels, etc., swine, rabbits and the like. Many utilitarian products like, blankets and several other items made from the skins of dead animals. In the rural agriculture, the most commonly employed farm power apart from manual labour, invariably comes from Cattle which distinctly stand out from other farm animals. Efficient use of these animals in turn depends on their feeding, maintenance of their health and fitness and training them to adopt to different kinds of work has a definite say in successful agriculture. A large number of farmers in India depend on animal husbandry for their livelihood. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the production and rearing of livestock. The contents of the book will be immensely useful to students, researchers, farmers, policy makers and all who are related with animal husbandry.
