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Influence of Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors on Lactation Traits in Dairy Cattle: A ReviewBy Poonam Ratwan, Manoj Kumar, Ajoy Mandal
Abstract: India has about 39.73 million crossbred cattle out of total 190.90 million (37.28%) cattle population as per the all India livestock census, 2012. The decade wise trend in livestock population (1997 to 2012) shows a distinctive swing in composition of dairy animal stock in favor of crossbred cattle, as their number increased by 20.18%, while that of indigenous cattle declined by 8.94%. Selection of dairy animals is usually based on …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Dairy Science and Technology · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 7–22 Read article →
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Carbon Footprints of Dairy Animals: Causes and Its MitigationBy Poonam Ratwan, Ajoy Mandal, Manoj Kumar, M Karunakaran, TK Dutta
Abstract: Greenhouse gases are building up in the atmosphere to a larger degree leading to “global warming”. The total quantity of gaseous emissions of greenhouse gases emitted by an individual in one year; directly or indirectly is measured in terms of 'carbon footprint'. Livestock play an important role for emission of greenhouse gases through various ways like rumen fermentation, manure and fodder production, milk, beef production etc. The demand for livestock …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Dairy Science and Technology · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 6–11 Read article →