Environmental Stress and Amelioration in Livestock Production

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sejian, Veerasamy (Editor), Naqvi, S.M.K (Editor), Ezeji, Thaddeus (Editor), Lakritz, Jeffrey (Editor), Lal, Rattan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Animal physiology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Animal Physiology.

Given the importance of livestock to the global economy, there is a substantial need for world-class reference material on the sustainable management of livestock in diverse eco-regions. With uncertain climates involving unpredictable extreme events (e.g., heat, drought, infectious disease), environ...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Factors influencing livestock productivity
• Heat stress impact on livestock production
• Walking stress influence on livestock production
• Environmental stresses and livestock reproduction
• Concept of multiple stresses and its significance on livestock productivity
• Ameliorative measures to counteract environmental stresses
• Nutritional manipulations to optimize productivity during environmental stresses in livestock
• Role of pineal gland in relieving environmental stress
• Basic principles involved in adaption of livestock to climate change
• Neuroendocrine regulations of adaptive mechanisms in livestock
•  Molecular mechanisms of livestock adaptation
• Genetic adaptability of livestock to environmental stresses
• Genes involved in the thermal tolerance of livestock
• Impact of climate change on livestock production
• Global climate changes: Enteric methane reduction strategies in livestock
•  Conclusions and Researchable Priorities.