Climate Change Impact on Livestock: Adaptation and Mitigation

Abstract

1. Introduction to Concepts of Climate Change Impact on Livestock and its Adaptation and Mitigation.- Part 1: Green House Gas Emission and Climate Change.- 2. Greenhouse Gas, Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration: Overview and General Principles.- 3. Contribution of Agriculture Sector to Climate Change.- Part 2: Climate change impact on Livestock.- 4. Impact of climate change on livestock production and reproduction.- 5. Thermal stress alters post-absorptive metabolism during pre- and postnatal development.- 6. Climate change and water availability for livestock: Impact on both quality and quantity.- 7. Impact of climate change on forage availability for livestock.- 8. Impact of climate change on livestock disease occurrences.- 9. Adaptive mechanisms of livestock to changing climate.- Part 3: Livestock role in climate change.- 10. Global Warming: Role of Livestock.- 11. Methane emission from enteric fermentation: Methanogenesis and Fermentation.- 12. Enteric Methane Emission under Different Feeding System.- 13. Estimation methodologies for enteric methane emission in ruminants.- 14. Metagenomic approaches in understanding the rumen function and establishing the rumen microbial diversity.- 15. Opportunities and Challenges for Carbon Trading from Livestock Sector.- Part 4: Methane mitigation strategies in livestock.- 16. Manipulation of rumen microbial eco-system for reducing enteric methane emission in livestock.- 17. Reducing enteric methane emission using plant secondary metabolites.- 18. Ration balancing - A practical approach for reducing methanogenesis in tropical feeding systems.- 19. Alternate H2 Sink for Reducing Rumen Methanogenesis.- 20. GHG emission from livestock manure and its mitigation strategies.- 21. Modelling of GHGs in livestock farms and its significance.- Part 5: Adaptation strategies to improve livestock production under changing climate.- 22. Overview on adaptation, mitigation and amelioration strategies to improve livestock production under the changing climatic scenario.- 23. Shelter design for different livestock from climate change perspective.- 24. Strategies to improve livestock reproduction under the changing climate scenario.- 25. Strategies to improve livestock genetic resources to counter climate change impact.- Part 6: Research and Development Priorities.- 26. Climate change impact on livestock sector- Visioning 2025.- 27. Conclusions and Researchable Priorities.