Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) which regulates UG Education (Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries etc) has mandated a course on Livestock Production and Management which is essential to understand the livestock which are part and parcel of Agriculture. With organic farming gaining momentum, knowledge of basic Animal Production is more relevant then ever before. Students are teachers depend on many publications, Indian and Foreign, during the course of study/teaching. Therefore, a book with contents conforming to the ICAR Syllabus has been long awaited. This publication has been prepared keeping the ICAR Syllabus as the framework. The Chapters included are Domestication of Livestock, Breeds, Hosing, Feeding and Management, Milk production and Milking, Breeding, Control of diseases, Record keeping and Economics of milk production. A separate chapter on Poultry Farming is also included because rearing poultry is conspicuously different from that of other animals. Each of the Chapters has "Study questions" with both objective and subjective questions which is a unique feature of this publication. Answers are provided only for objective questions. However, the questions listed are not exhaustive and the teacher can develop many more contained only by imaginations. It is hoped that this publication will be received well by all those related to the subject "Livestock Producation and Management", in general and students of State Agricultural Universities, in Particular.

Dr. D. Sreekumar M.V.Sc., Ph.D. is working as Professor and Head of the Instructional Livestock Farm Complex at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (RIVER), Puducherry. He has published many articles in journals of national and international importance and is the author of a book "Understanding Farm Animals - a basic guide". He is at present the chapter secretary of ISAPM and a member of the editorial committee of the Indian Journal of Animal Production Management. Dr. Sreekumar is the recipient of the award "Fellow National - Animal Production Management" instituted by the Indian Society of Animal Production and Management. Dr. P.V. Sreenivasaiah M.V.Sc., Ph.D., FNAVS is working as Professor and Head, Department of Livestock Production Management, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research, Pondicherry. He has been one of the earlier workers on basic Physiology and Management of Japanese quails when the species was introduced to our country during 1974. He established a Japanese quail breeding unit and was associated in the development of "Giriraja" while working in the All India Coordinated Research Project on Poultry for meat at UAS, Bangalore. He is involved in the field of Poultry Science for the past 37 years. His books include a) Scientific Poultry Production (2 Editions, 1987 and 1998) b) Scientific Poultry Production - a unique Encyclopedia (2006), c) Veterinary Biostatistics (2007) d) Small-scale Broiler Production (2008) and e) Small-scale Layer Production (2008). He has also published 50 research papers, 15 popular articles and a farmer’s bulletin.