Profitable Sheep and Goat Farming

by Z A Pampori

ISBN: 9789386949288
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 6495.00
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Author Profile

Dr. Zahoor A. Pampori graduated in Veterinary Sciences from Ranchi Veterinary College, Ranchi and has completed Ph.D degree in Animal Physiology from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) Karnal, Haryana. He has served J&K State Animal Husbandry Department for 13 years in the capacity of Veterinary Assistant Surgeon and Research Officer. He got appointed as Assistant Professor in SKUAST-Kashmir and subsequently elevated as Senior Scientist. Presently, Dr. Pampori is posted as Senior Scientist cum Incharge, Mountain Research Centre for Sheep & Goat, SKUAST-K, Shuhama. He has published more than 30 research papers in journals of repute, two manuals and a book entitled “Field-cum-Laboratory Procedures in Animal Health Care” from Daya Publishing House, New Delhi.

About The Book

Sheep and goats have served poor people’s most reliable livelihood resource since their domestication during Neolithic Revolution. Worldwide over 100 million people in arid areas, have only possible source of livelihood by grazing small ruminants. Grazing sheep and goats can improve soil and vegetation cover and plant and animal biodiversity. Sheep and goats thrive well in varied climatic conditions, get adapted easily to environment, require less care and management and are suitable for meat, milk, wool, skins and manure production. Mutton and Chowan is consumed throughout the country without involving any religious taboo. Together, the goat and sheep rearing households constitute 15 per cent of the total number of households in the country. The book contains a package of farm practices encompassing housing, handling, feeding, health care, record keeping, fodder and manure management as well as project reporting for sheep and goats. This precise package of practices hopefully shall benefit all the farmers engaged in small ruminant farming as well as all those educated entrepreneurs that are willing to take livestock rearing as their career option. It will guide through all aspects of sheep and goat farm management. It is hoped that the book will help farmers in managing their livestock and teachers equally in imparting academic instructions to veterinary graduates.

Table of Contents

Foreword v Message from Dean’s Desk vii Message from Vice-Chancellor ix Preface xi 1. Importance of Livestock Farming in Livelihood and Food Security 1 2. Housing of Sheep and Goats 7 3. Nutritional Requirement and Feeding Management in Sheep and Goat 19 4. Handling of Sheep and Goat 37 5. Management of Livestock in different Phases of Development and Growth 51 6. Disease Control and Management in Sheep and Goat 59 7. Important Breeds of Sheep and Goats 77 8. Management of Farm Records 103 9. Fodder Management 113 10. Manure Management 123 11. Farm Project Report 135 12. Determination of Age of an Animal 143 13. Interesting Behaviours of Sheep and Goat 147 14. Flock Management Annual Calendar 151 15. Physiological Profiles of Sheep and Goats 157 Index 159