Feeding and Management of Livestock During Drought and Scarcity

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Recurrent droughts in arid and semi arid regions of the country leads to feed scarcity situations affecting livestock production. Livestock remains a major economic base of farmers when crops are lost in drought. This book attempts to address the issue of management in terms of feeding livestock for production and health in drought period. The chapters included in the book elucidates the management of feeding, feed resources, production and health so as to make the livestock production economical. The compilation will provide useful for the researchers, planners and policy makers to understand the causes for the loss of productivity and health of livestock in drier regions and help in devising management plans towards sustenance and improvement of production.