Prosperity through Livestock

This book is about livestock business management, economics and science. This book is dedicated to those male and female farmers who are serving to make the country self-reliant and developed. In India, livestock is contributing about 4.11% of GDP and providing employment to about 8.8% of the population. The book has a detailed explanation related to the utility of livestock, production, breed, management, value addition of clean milk and milk products. This book provides information about balanced diet, maintenance, vaccination, deworming and causes, prevention and treatment of various diseases of animals. The book has a historical perspective and contemporary analysis of the decline of India's white revolution and the contribution of the cooperative sector. The book is useful for trainers, practitioners, paravets, students, A-help workers, animal friends and farmers working in the field of animal husbandry based livelihood promotion. The book gives details of various livestock production models which are useful in strengthening livestock based livelihood.