Livestock Production and
Climate Change Series

In a changing climate, livestock production is expected to exhibit dual roles of mitigation and adaptation in order to meet the challenge of food security. This book approaches the issues of livestock production and climate change through three sections: I. Livestock production, II. Climate change and, III. Enteric methane amelioration. Section I addresses issues of feed quality and availability, abiotic stress (heat and nutritional) and strategies for alleviation, livestock generated nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, and approaches for harnessing the complex gut microbial diversity. Section II discusses the effects of climate change on livestock diversity, farm animal reproduction, impact of meat production on climate change, and emphasising the role of indigenous livestock in climatic change to sustain production. Section III deals with the most recent approaches to amelioration of livestock methane such as breeding for low methane emissions, reductive acetogenesis, immunization/vaccine-based concepts and archaea phage therapy.

CHAPTER 1. Overview

SECTION I. Livestock production

CHAPTER 2. Feed Resources vis-à-vis Livestock and Fish Productivity In Changing Climate

CHAPTER 3. Strategies for Alleviating Abiotic Stress in Livestock

CHAPTER 4. Nitrogen Emissions from Animal-Agricultural Systems and Strategies to Protect the Environment

CHAPTER 5. Nutritional Strategies for Minimizing Phosphorus Pollution from the Livestock Industry

CHAPTER 6. Metagenomic Approaches in Harnessing Gut Microbial Diversity

CHAPTER 7. Proteomics in Studying the Molecular Mechanism of Fiber Degradation

SECTION II Climate change

CHAPTER 8. Perspective on Livestock Generated GHG’s and Climate

CHAPTER 9. Carbon Footprints for Food of Animal Origin

CHAPTER 10. Carbon Sequestration and Animal-Agriculture: Relevance and Strategies to Cope with Climate Change

CHAPTER 11. Climate Change: Impacts on Livestock Diversity in Tropical Countries

CHAPTER 12. Climate Change: Effects on Animal Reproduction

CHAPTER 13. Climate Change: Impact of Meat Production

CHAPTER 14. Indigenous Livestock Resources in Changing Climate: Indian Perspective

SECTION III. Enteric methane amelioration

CHAPTER 15. Enteric Methane Emission: Status, Mitigation and Future Challenges- an Indian Perspective

CHAPTER 16. Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control of Methane Emissions from Ruminants

CHAPTER 17. Ionophores: a Tool for Improving Ruminant Production and Reducing Environmental Impact

CHAPTER 18. Residual Feed Intake and Breeding Approaches for Enteric Methane Mitigation

CHAPTER 19. Acetogenesis as an Alternative to Methanogenesis in the Rumen

CHAPTER 20. Immunization and Tannins in Livestock Enteric Methane Amelioration

CHAPTER 21. Phage Therapy in Livestock Methane Amelioration

CHAPTER 22. Feed Based Approaches in Enteric Methane Amelioration

CHAPTER 23. Methanotrophs in Enteric Methane Mitigation

CHAPTER 24. Summary