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In a changing climate, livestock production is expected to exhibit dual roles of mitigation and adaptation in order to meet the challenge of food security. This book approaches the issues of livestock production and climate change through three sections: I. Livestock production, II. Climate change and, III. Enteric methane amelioration. Section I addresses issues of feed quality and availability, abiotic stress (heat and nutritional) and strategies for alleviation, livestock generated nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, and approaches for harnessing the complex gut microbial diversity. Section II discusses the effects of climate change on livestock diversity, farm animal reproduction, impact of meat production on climate change, and emphasising the role of indigenous livestock in climatic change to sustain production. Section III deals with the most recent approaches to amelioration of livestock methane such as breeding for low methane emissions, reductive acetogenesis, immunization/vaccine-based concepts and archaea phage therapy.
Sommario
1. Overview SECTION I Livestock production 2. Feed Resources vis-a-vis Livestock and Fish Productivity In Changing Climate 3. Strategies for Alleviating Abiotic Stress in Livestock 4. Nitrogen Emissions from Animal-Agricultural Systems and Strategies to Protect the Environment 5. Nutritional Strategies for Minimizing Phosphorus Pollution from the Livestock Industry 6. Metagenomic Approaches in Harnessing Gut Microbial Diversity 7. Proteomics in Studying the Molecular Mechanism of Fiber Degradation SECTION II Climate change 8. Perspective on Livestock Generated GHG's and Climate 9. Carbon Footprints for Food of Animal Origin 10. Carbon Sequestration and Animal-Agriculture: Relevance and Strategies to Cope with Climate Change 11. Climate Change: Impacts on Livestock Diversity in Tropical Countries 12. Climate Change: Effects on Animal Reproduction 13. Climate Change: Impact of Meat Production 14. Indigenous Livestock Resources in Changing Climate: Indian Perspective SECTION III Enteric methane amelioration 15. Enteric Methane Emission: Status, Mitigation and Future Challenges- an Indian Perspective 16. Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control of Methane Emissions from Ruminants 17. Ionophores: a Tool for Improving Ruminant Production and Reducing Environmental Impact 18. Residual Feed Intake and Breeding Approaches for Enteric Methane Mitigation 19. Acetogenesis as an Alternative to Methanogenesis in the Rumen 20. Immunization and Tannins in Livestock Enteric Methane Amelioration 21. Phage Therapy in Livestock Methane Amelioration 22. Feed Based Approaches in Enteric Methane Amelioration 23. Methanotrophs in Enteric Methane Mitigation 24. Summary
Riassunto
In a changing climate, livestock production must adapt in order to meet the challenge of food security. This book approaches the issues of livestock production and climate change by addressing issues such feed quality and availability, abiotic stresses, livestock generated pollution, species diversity, reproduction and amelioration of methane.
