Meet the editor

Dr. Muhammad Abubakar, a scientist from the National Veterinary Laboratory, Islamabad, Pakistan, has more than fifteen years of experience in various fields of veterinary sciences. His main area of expertise is transboundary animal diseases (TADs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). He has worked in academics as well as in the field of implementing disease control programs. He has worked with local and international projects to

establish diagnostic laboratories for TADs. He has also conducted various training for field as well as laboratory staff. Dr. Abubakar has published numerous research papers, review articles, and book chapters on different subjects in the veterinary sciences, especially TADs like avian influenza, foot-and-mouth disease, and peste des petits ruminants. He is the co-editor of *The Role of Biotechnology in Improvement of Livestock*. He is currently an editor in chief for the *Research Journal for Veterinary Practitioners* and *Veterinary Sciences: Research and Reviews*.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

Technique

for Brazil

**Section 3**

in Rural India

*by Avishek Mandal*

*by Mrudula S. Kulkarni*

**Preface XIII**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Advances **15**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 29**

**Chapter 4 45**

Health Perspective **63**

**Chapter 5 65**

**Chapter 6 81**

Separation of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) Protein by Foam Fractionation

Biogas Generation from Bovine Confinement: An Energy Policy Option

Serological Monitoring for *Leptospira* Spp. and Monitoring of Productive

*by Leandro Temer Jamas, Rodrigo Rhoden Barcellos, Carlos Roberto Padovani,* 

Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococci Special Emphasis on Methicillin Resistance among Companion Livestock and Its Impact on Human Health

*by Sweta Jangra, Sandhya Khunger and Debasish Chattopadhya*

and Reproductive Indices on Dairy Farm

*Cassiano Victória and Helio Langoni*

*by Alexandre Louis de Almeida d'Avignon and Gustavo Abreu Malaguti*

Introductory Chapter: Understanding Bovine Science - An Emerging

Mechanical Properties and Elasticity Model for Bovine Hard Tissue

*by Muhammad Abubakar, Zainab Syed and Shumaila Manzoor*

and Re-emerging Menace in the Growing Epoch
