Sustainability in Ruminant Livestock

Prof. Basanta Kumara Behera is an educationist and consultant on biotechnology industry development, and is involved in transferring laboratory research to industry. He has been a Professor of Biotechnology at three distinguished Indian universities, and has regularly taught postgraduate courses on topics related to bio-energy management and biomass processing technology since 1978. In 2009 he joined an MNS company as an adviser on speciality chemical production and drug design through microbial process technology. Prof. Behera is associated with leading national and international companies as a technical adviser for the production of biopharmaceuticals. He is the coauthor of the highly acclaimed book “Goat production and marketing in tropics: A Practical Guide,” and is the author of various other books.Dr. Pramod K Rout is currently a Principal Scientist at CIRG, Mathura, under the Indian council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. He graduated in VeterinarySciences from The College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneswar, and completed his master’s and doctoral degrees at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly. He specializes in the genetics of disease resistance. He also worked as a Post-doctoral fellow at National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, for 2 years, and in the Genetics and Genomics Division, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh. He is a researcher in the area of genetic improvement of livestock and improving selection decision with molecular genetics application. He also coordinates the All India research project on Goat Improvement. His research focuses on the genetic diversity of livestock, conservation of animal genetic resources and management, genetics of disease resistance, genetics of heat stress regulation in livestock, and milk genomics. He has also worked in the area of conservation of endangered goats in their natural habitat. Dr. Rout is the coauthor of the highly acclaimed book““Goat production and marketing in tropics: A Practical Guide.”

• Chapter 1. Prelusion Significance of Livestock.- Chapter 2. Mass Balance concept in Livestock Farming.- Chapter 3. Goat and Sheep Farming.- Chapter 4. Cattle and Buffaloes Farming.- Chapter 5. Factors Influencing Livestock Way of Life.- Chapter 6. Sustainable Livestock Farming.- Chapter 7. Conceptual Development of Livestock Supply Chain Management.