This book on Feed Supplements for Livestock and Poultry deals with the basic principles, technology and application of feed supplements for livestock and poultry in a systematic and comprehensive manner. This book contains twenty five chapters contributed by 30 eminent scientists of animal nutrition, which highlights the significance of supplementation of bypass fat, essential fatty acids, rumen by-pass proteins, non-protein-nitrogen sources, ideal protein, essential amino acids, essential macro and mico-minerals, organic trace minerals, area specific mineral mixtures, vitamins, commercial nutraceuticals, nucleotide, single cell protein, hydroponically sprouted grains, azolla, distillers‘ dried grains etc. for sustainable livestock and poultry production. Each chapter of the book attempts at providing clear and updated information on feed supplements supported with good amount of the experimental evidence and references which will enable the students and research workers to obtain information quickly when necessary.
The book is useful to students of animal sciences, teachers and scientists of animal nutrition discipline, personnel of feed industry, field veterinarians, animal husbandry extension workers and progressive animal farmers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kaushalendra Kumar
Dr. Kaushalendra Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Nutrition at Bihar Veterinary College, Patna. He completed M.V.Sc. in Animal Nutrition from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal in 2006 and Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar in 2011. He is having three years of experience in teaching, research and extension in the field of Animal Nutrition. His area of expertise includes: ruminant nutrition, rumen microbiology and nutritional biotechnology. He is the author of 10 research papers, 2 review papers, 15 popular articles, 3 laboratory manuals and 4 book chapters. He is recipient of Dr. S.K. Talpatra award for best Ph.D. scholar, JRF during M.V.Sc. and SRF during Ph.D. He is the life member of 4 scientific societies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pankaj Kumar Singh
Dr. Pankaj Kumar Singh is presently working as Assistant Professor (Animal Nutrition), Bihar Veterinary College, Patna, under Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, India. He served as Junior Scientist (Animal Nutrition) at Sheep Research Station, SKUAST (K), Srinagar, J&K for 5 years. He is having twelve years of experience in teaching, research and extension in the field of Animal Nutrition. His research interests are balanced and economical feeding, unconventional feeds, feed additives & supplements. He has completed 8 research projects as PI/Co-PI. He is the author of 3 books, 50 research papers, 35 popular articles, 5 laboratory manuals, 9 book chapters and 7 lead papers. Dr. Singh is the editorial board member in 11 journals of national and international repute. He has been life member of many professional/scientific societies and is the executive member of Animal Nutrition Association of India. He is the recipient of junior and senior research fellowship of ICAR, New Delhi. His profile is indexed in 2010 edition of Marquis Who‘s who in the World.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ravindra Kumar
Dr. Ravindra Kumar (b. 1959) is an Eminent Scholar, Writer and Indologist. He is the former Vice-Chancellor of C.C.S. University, Meerut (India). Dr. Ravinra Kumar has been closely associated with a number of academic, cultural, educational and social institutions in India and abroad. He has 50 outstanding works and 150 research articles to his credit. Some of his famous works, of which many are of international repute and have been translated in several Indian and foreign languages, viz.., Towards Peace Vol. I and II, Morality and Ethics in Public Life, Religion and World Peace, Lilfe and work of Kanjibhai Desai, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Com. Mao Tse-Tung: A Comparative Study with Reference to Peasantry, Essays on Gandhism and Peace, Correspondence and Selected Documents of Subhas Chandra Bose, Collected Essays: Voice of an Indologist, Sagai Ka Din and Kulpati Kaksha Tak. He is the founder of the World Peace Movement Trust, a member of I.C.P.A., Executive Councils / Senates of several Indian Universities and a Consultant of UN University of Peace for Gandhian Studies. He has visited many countries of the world as a Visiting Scholar and Professor. The President of India has conferred the honour of 'Padma Shri' upon Dr. Kumar for his outstanding services.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sanjay Kumar
Dr. Sanjay Kumar (b. 1963) passed his M.A. in Economics in first division from Magadh University in 1984. He was awarded Ph.D. degree in Economics by the Banaras Hindu University in 1990. A keen researcher, Dr. Kumar has several papers, published in National Journals and Dailies to his credit. His areas of interest are Indian economic problems and industrial economics.
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