Contents: Preface. Foreword. I. Advanced technologies in livestock production and nutrition: 1. Biotechnological approaches for enhancing fiber digestibility of roughages in ruminants/M. Sridhar, R. Bhatta, R.U. Suganthi, S. Senani, A.K. Samanta, A. Dhali and A.P. Kolte. 2. Advances in mineral nutrition research/D.T. Pal, N.K.S. Gowda, K.S. Prasad, K.T. Sampath and C.S. Prasad. 3. Genetic manipulation of rumen ecosystem for improved utilization of crop residues in ruminants: problems and perspectives/M. Chandrasekharaiah, A. Thulasi and K.T. Sampath. 4. Bypass nutrient technology for meeting the requirement of high yielding diary animals/M. Chandrasekharaiah, K.T. Sampath and A. Thulasi. 5. Nutritional significance of poly unsaturated fatty acid enriched feed supplementation in animals/A. Mech, S.C. Roy, J. Ghosh, A. Dhali, K.S. Roy and R.U, Suganthi. 6. Future trends in poultry nutrition/A.V. Elangovan. 7. New innovations to enhance egg production in domestic hen/I.J. Reddy and C.G. David. 8. Designer animal products/C.G. David., A. Thulasi, I.J. Reddy, V. Lyju Jose, S. Velusamy, S. Mathivanan and M. Bagath. 9. Probiotics in livestock and poultry production/S. Senani, A.K. Samanta, A.P. Kolte and M. Sridhar. 10. Prebiotics in livestock production/A.K. Samanta, S. Senani, A.P. Kolte, M. Sridhar and A. Dhali. II. Recent advances in assisted reproduction: 11. Ovarian follicle development in ruminants and its modulation/J.P. Ravindra and S. Selvaraju. 12. Laboratory production of bovine embryo: present status limitation and out look/S. Nandi and P.S.P. Gupta.  13. Cryopreservation of oocytres and embryos/A. Dhali, J. Ghosh, S.C. Roy, K.S. Roy and A. Mech. 14. Potential of preantral follicle technology for enhancing in vitro embryo production/P.S.P. Gupta and S. Nandi. 15. Embryo uterine dialogue in pregnancy signalling/S. Mondal. 16. Implantation process associated proteins and applications in assisted reproductive technologies in ruminants/J. Ghosh, S.C. Roy, A. Dhali, K.S. Roy S. Shree Vidhya and A. Mech. 17. Reactive oxygen species, oxidative stress and antioxidant mechanisms in utero ovarian microenvironment of livestock/S.C. Roy, J. Ghosh, K.S. Roy, A. Dhali and A. Mech. 18. Concepts and advances in prediction of semen quality and fertility in ruminants/S. Selvaraju, A. Arangaswamy and J.P. Ravindra. 19. Role of paternal transcripts on sperm function and fertility/A. Arangasamy, S. Selvaraju and J.P. Ravindra. 20. Sexing of spermatozoa and embryos in farm animals: achievements and challenges/S. Selvaraju, A. Arangasamy and J.P. Ravindra. III. Emerging technologies in livestock nutrition and physiology: 21. Stem cell technologies: present status and prospects in farm animal research/J. Ghosh and S. Shree Vidhya. 22. Characterization of mixed microbial signatures using next generation sequencing/A.P. Kolte, A. Dhali, A.K. Samanta, S. Senani and U.B. Angadi.  23. Applications of bioinformatics tools to understand the structures and functions of proteins/U.B. Angadi, A.P. Kolte, A. Dhali and J. Ghosh. 24. Nanobiotechnology in animal nutrition/A. Thulasi, D. Rajendran, S. Jash, S. Selvaraju, V. Lyju Jose, S. Velusamy and S. Mathivanan. 25. Synthesis and application of nano minerals in livestock industry/D. Rajendran, A. Thulasi, S. Jash, S. Selvaraju and S.B.N. Rao. 26. Meta analysis: a new statistical tool to synthesize research results/K.P. Suresh, R. Bhatta, S. Nandi, S. Mondal, G. Ravi Kiran and K.T. Sampath. 27. Remote sensing technique for estimation of crop residues and biomass from grasslands/K. Giridhar and S. Andaman. 28. Refined approaches for assessment of feed availability and requirements/S. Anandan, S. Jash, U.B. Angadi and K. Giridhar. 29. Strategies for transfer of technology for enhancing livestock production/Letha Devi and P. Phandekar. IV. Interactions between environment and livestock: 30. Climate change, enteric methane emission from ruminants, their estimation and recent strategies for methane mitigation/R. Bhatta, M. Kurithara and K.T. Sampath. 31. Abiotic stress in livestock production system: recent development/K.S. Roy, J. Ghosh, S.C. Roy, A. Dhali and A. Mech. V. Feed safety and quality control: 32. Recent advances in mycotoxin research in poultry/R.U. Suganthi, M. Sridhar, A. Mech, T. Vandana and K.S. Prasad.  33. Recent advances in Amelioration of anti nutritional factors in livestock feedstuffs/S.B.N. Rao, K.S. Prasad and D. Rajendran. 34. Xenobiotics in animal nutrition/K.S. Prasad, S.B.N. Rao and D.T. Pal. 35. Feed quality, safety and regulation/S.B.N. Rao, K.S. Prasad and S. Jash. 36. Fluorosis: an endemic toxicity mode of action and methods of amelioration/N.K.S. Gowda, D. Rajendran, D.T. Pal, K.T. Sampath and C.S. Prasad. Index.

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