Emerging Issues in Climate Smart Livestock Production: Biological Tools and Techniques furnishes a detailed reference on livestock sustainability and the role of biotechnology for creating more sustainable livestock production systems. The book is a collection of scientific techniques, including genetic engineering used to modify and improve animals, fishes, and microorganisms for human benefit. The book is particularly attractive for scientists, researchers, students, educators, and professionals in agriculture, veterinary, and biotechnology science. This book promotes several biotechnological approaches that can easily be evaluated in the field for quality assurance programs beneficial to producing livestock products and overall public health.

Biotechnology has the potential to improve the productivity of animals via increased growth, carcass quality and reproduction, improved nutrition and feed utilization, improved food quality and safety, improved animal health and welfare, and reduced waste through more efficient utilization of resources.

1. Introduction (scope and applications of biotechnology for sustainable animal agriculture)
2. Biotechnological tools to enhance sustainable livestock production
3. Livestock production systems
4. Sustainable livestock production and food security
5. Livestock biodiversity and sustainability
6. Climate change and livestock
7. Climate change impacts fisheries and aquaculture
8. Nanotechnology in animal production
9. Transgenic Animals
10. Rumen metagenomics
12. Biotechnology in animal breeding, genetics and conservation of genetic resources
13. Biotechnology in animal nutrition and feed utilization
14. Biotechnology in livestock reproduction
15. Targeted genome editing by CRISPR/Cas9 for livestock improvement
16. Way forward for sustainable livestock sector