Climate Change Impact on Livestock: Adaptation and Mitigation /

Climate Change Impact on Livestock: Adaptation and Mitigation /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Sejian, Veerasamy. (Editor ), Gaughan, John. (Editor ), Baumgard, Lance. (Editor ), Prasad, Cadaba. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Materias:
Climate change.
Animal physiology.
Geographical information systems.
Gene expression.
Climate Change.
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.
Animal Physiology.
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.
Gene Expression.
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.   .

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