Livestock production and climate change /

• Other Authors: Malik, P. K. (Editor), Bhatta, Raghavendra, (Editor), Takahashi, Jun'ichi, 1948- (Editor), Kohn, Richard A., (Editor), Prasad, C. S., (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2015.
• Series: CABI climate change series ; 6.
• Subjects: Livestock > Climatic factors.; Livestock productivity.; Climatic changes.; Forage and Fodder Crops, (New March 2000); Dairy Animals.; Meat Producing Animals.; Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000); Animal Nutrition (Physiology); Animal Immunology, (New March 2000); Aquaculture (Animals); Aquatic Biology and Ecology.; Meteorology and Climate.; Pollution and Degradation.; Meat Produce.; Feed Contamination, Residues and Toxicology.; Feed Composition and Quality.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Animal production.; Carbon.; Climate change.; Demand.; Digestive tract.; Emissions.; Environmental impact.; Feeds.; Fibres.; Fish feeding.; Fodder.; Food.; Genomics.; Global warming.; Immunization.; Ionophores.; Livestock.; Meat production.; Methane.; Methane inhibitors.; Methane production.; Microbial ecology.; Nitrogen.; Phosphorus.; Pollution.; Pollution control.; Productivity.; Proteomics.; Reproduction.; Rumen.; Ruminant feeding.; Tannins.; Thermodynamics.; Tropics.; Water requirements.
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This 395-paged-book aims to raise awareness among scientists, academics, students, livestock farmers and policy makers of the twin inter-related and inter-dependent complex mechanisms of livestock rearing and climate change. The contents are divided into sections: one on livestock production, one on...

Table of Contents:

• Overview / C.S. Prasad, P.K. Malik and R. Bhatta
• Feed Resources vis-à-vis Livestock and Fish Productivity in a Changing Climate / Michael Blümmel, Amare Haileslassie, Mario Herrero, Malcolm Beveridge, Michael Phillips and Petr Havlik
• Strategies for Alleviating Abiotic Stress in Livestock / V. Sejian, Iqbal Hyder, P.K. Malik, N.M. Soren, A. Mech, A. Mishra and J.P. Ravindra
• Nitrogen Emissions from Animal Agricultural Systems and Strategies to Protect the Environment / Richard A. Kohn
• Nutritional Strategies for Minimizing Phosphorus Pollution from the Livestock Industry / P.P. Ray and K.F. Knowlton
• Metagenomic Approaches in Harnessing Gut Microbial Diversity / A. Thulasi, Lyju Jose, M. Chandrasekharaiah, D. Rajendran and C.S. Prasad
• Proteomics in Studying the Molecular Mechanism of Fibre Degradation / N.K. Singh
• Perspective on Livestock-Generated GHGs and Climate / J. Takahashi
• Carbon Footprints of Food of Animal Origin / Gerhard Flachowsky
• Carbon Sequestration and Animal-Agriculture : Relevance and Strategies to Cope with Climate Change / C. Devendra
• Climate Change : Impacts on Livestock Diversity in Tropical Countries / S. Banik, P.K. Pankaj and S. Naskar
• Climate Change : Effects on Animal Reproduction / Jyotirmoy Ghosh, Sujoy K. Dhara and P.K. Malik
• Climate Change : Impact of Meat Production / Levi Mugalavai Musalia
• Indigenous Livestock Resources in a Changing Climate : Indian Perspective / S.P.S. Ahlawat, Pushpendra Kumar, Kush Shrivastava and N.R. Sahoo
• Enteric Methane Emission : Status, Mitigation and Future Challenges - An Indian Perspective / Raghavendra Bhatta, P.K. Malik and C.S. Prasad
• Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control of Methane Emissions from Ruminants / Richard A. Kohn
• Ionophores : A Tool for Improving Ruminant Production and Reducing Environmental Impact / Natasha Bell, Tryon Wickersham, Vijay Sharma and Todd Callaway
• Residual Feed Intake and Breeding Approaches for Enteric Methane Mitigation / D.P. Berry, J. Lassen and Y. de Haas
• Acetogenesis as an Alternative to Methanogenesis in the Rumen / Emma J. Gagen, Stuart E. Denman and Christopher S. McSweeney
• Immunization and Tannins in Livestock Enteric Methane Amelioration / Yutaka Uyeno
• Phage Therapy in Livestock Methane Amelioration / Rosalind A. Gilbert, Diane Ouwerkerk and Athol V. Klieve
• Feed-based Approaches in Enteric Methane Amelioration / P.K. Malik, R. Bhatta, N.M. Soren, V. Sejian, A. Mech, K.S. Prasad and C.S. Prasad
• Methanotrophs in Enteric Methane Mitigation / N.M. Soren, P.K. Malik and V. Sejian
• Summary / P.K. Malik, R. Bhatta, M. Saravanan and L. Baruah.