The book ‘Advances in Animal Production’ has been designed to provide information about the age old practices of animal production in the Bhartiya Territory. The book has been organized for the graduate classes of Animal (Livestock) Production, not only in the Bharat but also the neighbouring countries. The book has been presented in 18 chapters comprising of introduction, basic requirements of animals, educational requirement in animal production, phases of life and foods, foods of animals, nutritive value and feeding value, care and dressing of body coat and hairs of domestic animals, clothings of domestic animals, ornaments and ornamentation of domestic animals, utilization of byproducts of domestic animals, fairs and markets of animals and trading, fodder herbarium and food museum, processing of paddy (rice) straw for the feeding of bovine, feeding of cattle in goshala, relationship between natural nursing length and gestation length and successive breeding interval, employments in animal production and trading, human-animal relations in Indian culture and customs, human-animal communication
Nitya Nand Pathak, Founder President, National Academy of Veterinary Nutrition and Pashu Poshan Kalyan Samitee, Bareilly. Former Founder President, Animal Nutrition Association, ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar. Former President, Animal Nutrition Society of India, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal. Former Vice President, Indian Society of Buffalo Development, ICAR-CIRB, Hisar, Animal Nutrition Society of India and Indian Society of Wildlife and Zoo Veterinarians, Bareilly. Former General Secretary, National Academy of Veterinary Science, New Delhi. Project Leader and Buffalo Production Expert (1982-84), Song Be, S.R. Vietnam.
1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 1
2. Basic Requirements of Animals ........................................................ 7
3. Educational Requirements in Animal Production ...................... 15
4. Phases of Life and Foods ................................................................. 23
5. Foods of Animals .............................................................................. 31
6. Nutritive Value and Feeding Value ............................................... 55
7. Care and Dressing of Body Coat and Hairs of the Domestic Animals ......................... 81
8. Clothing of Domestic Animals ....................................................... 89
9. Ornaments and Ornamentation of Domestic Animals.............. 99
10. Utilization of Byproducts of Domestic Animals .......................107
11. Fairs and Markets of Animals and Trading ...............................121
12. Fodder Herbarium and Food Museum .......................................133
13. Processing of Paddy/Rice straw for the Feeding of Bovine ............................................................................139
14. Feeding of Cattle in Goshala ..........................................................151
15. Relationship Between Natural Nursing Length and Gestation Length and Successive Breeding in Mammals ........159
16. Employment in Animal Production and Trading .....................163
17. Human-animal Relation in Culture and Customs ....................171
18. Human-animal Communication ..................................................177
Subject Index....................................................................................181