Climate change impact on livestock : adaptation and mitigation /: adaptation and mitigation. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Veerasamy Sejian, John Gaughan, Lance Baumgard, Cadaba Prasad, editors.
• Editors: Sejian, Veerasamy; Gaughan, John (John B.); Baumgard, Lance (Lance Hall); Prasad, C. S (Cadaba S.)
• Contents: 1. Introduction to Concepts of Climate Change Impact on Livestock and its Adaptation and Mitigation -- Part 1: Green House Gas Emission and Climate Change -- 2. Greenhouse Gas, Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration: Overview and General Principles -- 3. Contribution of Agriculture Sector to Climate Change -- Part 2: Climate change impact on Livestock -- 4. Impact of climate change on livestock production and reproduction -- 5. Thermal stress alters post-absorptive metabolism during pre- and postnatal development -- 6. Climate change and water availability for livestock: Impact on both quality and quantity -- 7. Impact of climate change on forage availability for livestock -- 8. Impact of climate change on livestock disease occurrences -- 9. Adaptive mechanisms of livestock to changing climate -- Part 3: Livestock role in climate change -- 10. Global Warming: Role of Livestock -- 11. Methane emission from enteric fermentation: Methanogenesis and Fermentation -- 12. Enteric Methane Emission under Different Feeding System -- 13. Estimation methodologies for enteric methane emission in ruminants -- 14. Metagenomic approaches in understanding the rumen function and establishing the rumen microbial diversity -- 15. Opportunities and Challenges for Carbon Trading from Livestock Sector -- Part 4: Methane mitigation strategies in livestock -- 16. Manipulation of rumen microbial eco-system for reducing enteric methane emission in livestock -- 17. Reducing enteric methane emission using plant secondary metabolites -- 18. Ration balancing? A practical approach for reducing methanogenesis in tropical feeding systems -- 19. Alternate H2 Sink for Reducing Rumen Methanogenesis -- 20. GHG emission from livestock manure and its mitigation strategies -- 21. Modelling of GHGs in livestock farms and its significance -- Part 5: Adaptation strategies to improve livestock production under changing climate -- 22. Overview on adaptation, mitigation and amelioration strategies to improve livestock production under the changing climatic scenario -- 23. Shelter design for different livestock from climate change perspective -- 24. Strategies to improve livestock reproduction under the changing climate scenario -- 25. Strategies to improve livestock genetic resources to counter climate change impact -- Part 6: Research and Development Priorities -- 26. Climate change impact on livestock sector- Visioning 2025 -- 27. Conclusions and Researchable Priorities.
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 532 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 636; Environment; Livestock -- Climatic factors; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry; Livestock -- Climatic factors; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Science -- General; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Medical -- Genetics; The environment; Animal physiology; Educational: Sciences, general science; Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing; Medical genetics; Climatic changes; Animal physiology; Geographical information systems; Gene expression; Science -- Environmental Science; Climate change; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9788132222651; 8132222652; 8132222644; 9788132222644
• Related ISBNs: 9788132222644
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 8, 2015).
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