Veterinary and Livestock Sector : A Blueprint for Capacity Building

Contents Preface 1 Diverse roles of contemporary veterinariansSudhi Ranjan Garg 2 Food security and sustainable development through livestock productsJ Sahoo and SR Garg 3 Dairy research and development challenges aheadAK Srivastava Shiv Prasad AK Singh and Smita Sirohi 4 Sheep and goat research accomplishments and future strategiesPK Rout D Swarup and MC Sharma 5 Action plan for capacity building of meat sectorN Kondaiah 6 Rabbit farming for sustainable developmentVed Prakash 7 Animal genetic resources conservation utilization and sustainable developmentAS Khanna 8 Nutritional strategies for raising livestock productivityA Sahoo 9 Tackling drug residues in animal productsRC Patra 10 Modernization of veterinary healthcare servicesP Dhanapalan and P Selvaraj 11 Application of veterinary surgical procedures in rural settingsNarinder Singh Saini and Jitender Mohindroo 12 Mitigation of infertility in dairy animalsRK Chandolia 13 Strategies for elimination of rabiesSudhi Ranjan Garg 14 Brucellosis the future course of actionDK Singh 15 Strategic control of peste des petits ruminantsRP Singh 16 Bluetongue control Indian perspectiveGaya Prasad and Minakshi 17 Foot and mouth disease controlR Sharma and NK Kakker 18 Action Plan for control of haemorrhagic septicaemia and pasteurellosisAA Kumar and SB Shivachandra 19 Strategies for mastitis controlAnshu Sharma and Rajesh Chhabra 20 Poultry disease control strategiesFR Sheriff 21 Applications of information and communication technology in livestock sectorAbdul Samad Prashant Murdeshwar and Zohaib Hameed 22 Bioinformatics a modern tool in livestock health and productionML Sangwan 23 Applications of geoinformatics in animal healthArun K Sangwan 24 Ethnoveterinary medicineN Punniamurthy 25 Surveillance in veterinary medicineL Gunaseelan 26 Essentials of necropsy and diagnostic material collectionRP Gupta Deepika Lather and Vikas Nehra 27 Intersectoral coordination for control of zoonotic infectionsBR Singh Vidya Singh and SR Garg  28 Occupational risk alleviation in livestock sectorB Sunil and K Crinda Menon 29 Capacity building of veterinarians for disaster responseSR Garg and VJ Jadhav 30 Role of financial institutions in livestock developmentDV Deshpande 31 Veterinary legislations for good GovernanceRenu Gupta Sandeep Kumar and SR Garg 32 Future needs of veterinary educationR Prabakaran and J John Kirubaharan Livestock sector is indispensable for food security and well being of the society A number of disciplines of Veterinary and Animal Sciences are involved in the task of sustainable development of livestock health production food safety and public health There has been rapid progress in intellectual understanding and accomplishments but the real goals can be achieved only by putting the knowledge into practice at a faster pace to catch up with the changing scenario of global food market transborder animal infections zoonotic diseases public health threats and biological disasters Based on the gap analysis this book provides blueprints and action plans envisaged by the top academicians scientists administrators and planners for future developments in veterinary and livestock sector It deals with different aspects of Veterinary Sciences Animal Husbandry and Public Health keeping the society as the ultimate beneficiary in mind The authors have enriched the chapters with their longstanding professional experiences own research findings and the latest data to develop the book into an unmatched resource for the  students teachers and academicians in the educational and research institutions dealing with Veterinary Sciences Animal Sciences Livestock Production and Public Health The book is a rich source of invaluable information for the policymakers planners boards and organizations concerned with animal health animal welfare livestock production diseases control zoo noses and public health The field functionaries in the Animal Husbandry departments and livestock farms and the veterinary cli.…