About the Book: Sustainable Breeding in Cattle & Buffalo
India possesses largest bovine and bubaline population in the world, but her
animals have low productivity. The poor individual performance of indigenous
milk animals in India makes the animal husbandry and dairying a less sustainable
enterprise. On the other hand, breeding cattle and buffaloes on scientific lines
has a tremendous potential in making dairy sector more sustainable and
economically profitable for animal keepers.
This book makes an attempt to re-look the existing animal improvement programmes
being followed in the country with various supportive technologies and available
resources. The emphasis is also made to identify the critical gaps affecting the
productivity