Trends in Small Ruminant Production : Perspectives and Prospects

Contents Preface 1 Small ruminant production in India issues and approachesSA Karim 2 Genomics and selection in small ruminantsNeelam Gupta and SC Gupta 3 Issues and strategies for sheep breeding program in IndiaAnil Kumar Mishra 4 Prolific sheep a promise to make and deliver for the socio-economic upliftment of sheep farmerAL Arora Ashish Chopra and L Leslie Leo Prince 5 Genomic selection in small ruminants global status challenges and opportunitiesSP Dixit and Dinesh Kumar 6 Techniques for enhancing reproductive efficiency in small ruminantsAK Goel 7 The state of the art in the artificial insemination of sheepSMK Naqvi and Davendra Kumar 8 Climate change and sheep production concept of multiple stresses adaptation and mitigation strategies to sustain productionV Sejian and SMK Naqvi 9 Male reproductive biotechnology of goats advances and constraintsSK Jindal and Priyadharshini Raju 10 Understanding stress pathways involved in modulation of GnRHLH release in the EWEJB Phogat and SPS Ghuman 11 Stem cell advances and prospects in farm animalsSatish Kumar 12 Relevance and importance of pasture based production system of small ruminants in IndiaK Sharma AK Pattanaik and KY Deshpande 13 Effect of probiotics direct fed microbials on small ruminant productionDN Kamra and Neeta Agarwal 14 Expanding feed resource base for nutritional security of ruminantsRC Jakhmola 15 Nutritional augmentation of consumer preferred trait specific quality enhancement in meat wool and milk productionA Sahoo and RS Bhatt 16 In vitro gas production technique for feed evaluation an overviewB Singh 17 Nutritional management of sheep under thermal migratory and transportation stressSK Sankhyam and OH Chaturvedi 18 Stall feeding system in small ruminants future perspectivesUB Chaudhary TK Dutta MK Tripathi and P Tripathi  19 Epidemiology and management of gastrointestinal Helminths in small ruminants an updateD Singh and CP Swarnkar 20 Genetics of disease resistance in small ruminants scope and future applicationPK Rout 21 Neonatal mortality in small ruminants issues and managementVK Gupta and Ashok Kumar 22 Meat production and value addition where we standS Sureshkumar D Santhi and A Kalaikannan 23 Small ruminant meat in India production and export prospectsSuresh A 24 Pelt production counts and discountsAK Shinde 25 Recent advances in wool and woollen processingVS Goud and JS Udakhe 26 Advances in wool based non woven technical textilesG Thilagavathi VR Giridev T Senthilram and ASM Raja 27 Non conventional utilisation of wool and other animal HairsDB Shakyawar and ASM Raja 28 Developments in processing and product development of speciality hair fibres PashminaSarfaraz A Wani DB Shakyawar and Asif H Sofi 29 Advances in eco-friendly processing of woollen textilesASM Raja and Ajaya Kumar 30 Development of woollen khadi spinning systemR Chattopadhyay DB Shakyawar and Nishant Kumar 31 Scope performance and current status of broiler rabbit production in IndiaRajeev Gulyani 32 Existing technology transfer system where we standHema Tripathi and Shabeer Ahmad Hamdani 33 Linking goat farmers and markets for improving productivity and livelihoodsShalander Kumar Khem Chand and MM Roy 34 Current status and role of extension in promotion and development of sheep in IndiaRajeev Gulyani and LR Meena Two third of worlds population live in Asia below poverty line and more than 65 of them are poor livestock keepers earning their livelihood from small ruminant sector Significantly quantifiable organised research has been carried out in our country in small ruminant sector by various non governmental organisations and government research institutes which are well documented and presented at various platforms However the small ruminant farmers especially the landless and marginal category are solely depended upon livestock resources and are rarely benefited by the developed technologies The basic characteristics of sheep and goat husbandry in India is largely depends upon common.…