The present book work tried to classify various types of neurons in the telencephalon of strawberry finch, Estrilda amandava. This study shows the various types of neurons, their morphological characteristics (Soma diameter, spine density, dendritic field, axonal length) and projections in the several fields of forebrain and deduced homology of various regions with reptilian and mammalian cerebral cortex. The findings show that the medial arm of the V-shaped layer of hippocampus corresponds to Ammon's horn and the parahippocampus to the subiculum of mammals. The hippocampal complex of birds...

The book discusses and covers meaning, definition of sustainable development and sustainability of agriculture and livestock production system, issues of agriculture and livestock sustainability in developing countries, an overview of approaches used by different authors, data requirement and sources of data for sustainability assessment at macro and micro level, different tools of sustainability assessment viz. Total Factor Productivity, Sustainable Livestock Production Index, Sustainable Dairy Farming Index along covering all the three dimensions of sustainability viz. economic, social and...