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Written by leading food animal researchers, practitioners, and educators, this comprehensive guide provides quick access to the latest medical and surgical interventions for cattle, sheep, and goats. The concise, quick-reference format and logical body systems organization make it ideal for use in both the clinical setting and the field. You'll easily locate key information on preventing, treating, and managing disease in food animals, as well as expert insights on improving outcomes for individual animals and herd populations. - Authoritative, cutting-edge coverage offers clinically relevant strategies for diagnosing and managing a wide range of diseases and disorders in food animals, with ...
This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice, edited by Dr. Rick Funston and Dr. J. Travis Mulliniks, is dedicated to Developmental Programming in Livestock Production. Topics include: Fetal Growth and Development; Cellular Mechanisms and Epigenetic Changes; Overgrowth Syndrome; Effects on Progeny and Nutrient Partitioning; Effects on Neonatal Mortality; Effects on Tissue Growth and End Product; Effects on Fertility; Effects on Animal Health and Immune Function; Effects on Dam and Progeny Milk Production; Multigenerational Effects; Developmental Resiliency: in utero Adaptation to Environmental Stimuli; and Developmental Programming in a Beef Production System.
This issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice focuses on Digestive Disorders of the Abomasum and Intestines, with topics including: Diagnostic Approach to the Acute Abdomen; Herd level management of Displaced Abomasum in Dairy Cattle; Abomasal Ulcers in Ruminants; Control and Treatment of Infectious Enteritis; Herd Based Assessment and Control of Salmonella; Enteric Immunity: An Evidence Based Review; Surgical Management of Abomasal and Small Intestinal Disease; Clostridial Abomasitis and Enteritis in Ruminants; Gastro-Intestinal Nematodes, Diagnosis and Contro; and Coccidiosis in Ruminants.
Authoritative yet easy to read, Sheep and Goat Medicine, 2nd Edition covers all the latest advances in sheep and goat medicine, including medical treatment, surgery, theriogenology, and nutrition. Full-color photographs and clear instructions provide the answers you need, guiding you through common procedures and techniques such as restraint for examination, administration of drugs, blood collection, and grooming; these descriptions are often accompanied by explanatory diagrams and charts. With diseases, surgeries, and treatments organized by body system, information is always easy to find. New to this edition are chapters on parasite control, nutritional requirements, and performing a necro...
This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice, Guest Edited by Dr. Nigel B. Cook, in collaboration with Consulting Editor Dr. Robert Smith, focuses on Housing to Optimize Comfort, Health and Productivity of Dairy Cattle. Article topics include: The housing dilemma: natural living vs. animal protection; Calf barn design and management; Lying time and its importance to the dairy cow: impact of stocking density and time budget stresses; Feeding behavior, feed space and bunk design, and management for adult dairy cattle; Maximizing comfort in tiestall housing; Free stall design and bedding management; Maternal behavior and design of the maternity pen; Housing the cow in transition to optimize early lactation performance; Ventilation systems for adult dairy cattle; Cooling systems for dairy cows; Designing dairy herds with automated milking systems; and Low stress handling areas for dairy cow barns.
This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice, edited by Dr. Pamela Ruegg and Dr. Christina Petersson-Wolfe, focuses on Mastitis, with topics including: Methods for Diagnosing Mastitis; Implementing OFC in a Veterinary Practice; Antibiotic Usage for Mastitis; Impementing Effective Dry Cow; Mastitis and Animal Welfare; Genetic Selection for Mastitis Resistance; Teat Condition and Diseases; Maximizing Udder Health in a Robotic Milking System; Impact and Mitigation of Heat Stress for Mastitis Control; Optimizing Mastitis Records; Mastitis Immunology; and Communicating with Dairy Workers.
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