Feeding Farm Animals (eBook)

Dr. S.S Kundu is currently Principal Scientist and Head, Plant Animal Relationship Division at IGFRI, Jhansi (U.P.). He has over 28 years of experience in the field of ruminant nutrition research. He was instrumental in initiating and shaping the work on feed technology, developing the feed block technology and feed microscopy for quality assurance. Dr. Kundu has undergone advanced training in the field of ruminant nutrition at the Netherlands and U.K. He is pioneer worker in the field of carbohydrate, protein fractionations of animal feeds in the country. In addition to books on “Buffalo Production Under Different Climatic Regions, Animal Feed Technology, Complete Feed Block (Bulletin)”, he has more than 150 research publications in the Journal of National and International repute. He has guided many post graduate and Ph. D. students at NDRI, Karnal. He is Vice President (Animal Nutrition Society of India), and also life member of eight scientific societies.Dr Sultan Singh is a Scientist (Animal Nutrition) in PAR at IGFRI, Jhansi (UP). His main areas of research in last 12 years are rumen metabolism and microbiology and evaluation of feeds and fodders. Transinoculation a mean of rumen manipulation and standardization of technique for in vitro dry matter digestion are accredited to his accomplishments. Recipient of two awards viz. ICAR Team Award (1994-96), for outstanding research in Agriculture and allied sciences and ICAR Young Scientist Award (1997-98) for his outstanding contribution in field of Animal Nutrition. He has over 50 research papers published in National and International journals and 3 Technical bulletins to his credit.