Duck Production and Management Strategies, 1st ed. 2022

Dr. A. Jalaludeen has served as Director of Academics and Research of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, and Special Officer to the College of Avian Sciences and Management. He is known for his pioneering work in characterizing Kuttanad ducks. He was the plenary speaker of 6th World Water Fowl Conference held at Taiwan in 2017. He has developed linkages with State Institute of Rural Development, Assam, India in the refinement of backyard duck farming, which resulted in socio-economic empowerment of rural women and was appreciated by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, then President of India. He was invited by University of Brawijiya, Malang, Indonesia, in 2019 as Visiting Professor. As a teacher with 36 years of experience to his credit he has published many peer-reviewed research articles and has provided guidance to more than 45 post graduate and doctoral students in poultry science and allied subjects. He has also authored three books and four book chapters. He has organized many Seminars / Symposia, including International Conference on Water Fowls in India.

Dr. R. Richard Churchil is working as Professor at the Directorate of Research, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai. He was graduated from Madras Veterinary College and pursued his doctoral degree at Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar. He received gold medals in post-graduation and Jawaharlal Nehru Award of ICAR for his doctoral research on development of transgenic spermatozoa. He worked as poultry breeding scientist in Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur for a decade before joining Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai. He has published 77 peer-reviewed research articles in high repute journals and has written seven book chapters. He was trained on ‘Transgenic animals’ at University of Nantes, France. He teaches Poultry Science to undergraduate students and Poultry Breeding and Biotechnolo