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<p style="text-align:justify"><em>Precision Livestock Farming</em> is a comprehensive and forward-looking volume that explores the transformative role of advanced technologies in modern animal agriculture. The book highlights how innovations such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), sensors, robotics, machine learning, wearable devices, drones, and data analytics are revolutionizing livestock production, animal health monitoring, welfare assessment, feeding systems, and environmental management. It presents the evolution of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) from its global origins to its growing applications in the Indian livestock sector, emphasizing sustainable, efficient, and welfare-oriented farming practices.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify">The chapters cover diverse aspects including disease detection, veterinary physiology, surgery, pharmacology, parasitology, climate control systems, precision nutrition, swine farming, and future trends in AI-driven livestock management. The book also addresses challenges, ethical concerns, sustainability issues, and emerging opportunities associated with smart livestock technologies. Written by experts of national and international repute, this volume serves as an essential reference for veterinary professionals, researchers, academicians, students, livestock entrepreneurs, and policymakers interested in the future of intelligent and sustainable animal farming.</p>