Livestock Update

Contents: 1. Exploring cattle genome/Rajib Deb, Sushil Kumar, Umesh Singh, Sandeep Mann Rani Singh and  Arjava Sharma. 2. Hereditary and congenital causes of infertility in buffalo bubalus bubalis bulls/P. Perumal, N. Srivastava, M. Veraselvam, Nazar Syedbasha and S.K. Srivastava. 3. Transgenic animals and its applications/P. Perumal, J.K. Chamuah, Gokuldas, P.P. and E.M. Sadeesh. 4. Micro and nano scale technologies: applications in bovine reproduction research/Gokuldas P.P. and Perumal P. 5. Lifeline of genetically modified crops for livestock/Tilling Tayo. 6. A Brief overview of mastitis and other infectious diseases of cattle in India having public health concern/Blessa Sailo and Sandip Chakrabarty. 7. Foot and mouth disease in livestock and its diagnosis/Neeta Longjam and A.K. Sarmah. 8. Bovine tuberculosis: an overview/Yosef Deneke. 9. Antigen based diagnosis of paratuberculosis/Rajib Deb and Vijaya Kumar Saxena. 10. Candidate gene based approach for mastitis resistance breeding/Umesh Singh, Rajib Deb, Sushil Kumar and Arjava Sharma.

Livestock plays an important role in agricultural economy. This edited book Livestock update contributes on various aspect of livestock research viz. exploring cattle genome, infertility causes in buffaloes, micro and nano technologies in bovine reproduction, GMO feeding in livestock, various health aspects on FMD, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis and bovine zoonotic diseases. This book also focus on candidate gene based approach mastitis resistant breeding.