Bovine Medicine, 3e
Samenvatting
Thoroughly updated to reflect recent changes in the industry,
Bovine Medicine, 3rd Edition, offers practicing large animal veterinarians and veterinary students a comprehensive reference to core aspects of contemporary cattle health and husbandry.
New edition of a classic text, featuring thoroughly rewritten text, with coverage shifted to the core aspects of everyday cattle practice
Includes new focus on both applied skills and application of knowledge, along with many more full–colour illustrations than in previous editions
Represents a toolkit of skills that will support the delivery of contemporary cattle practice
Presents a seamless integration of information on husbandry, nutrition, and disease
Written by a wide range of experts from around the world
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<p>Preface ix</p>
<p>Section I: Modern Cattle Practice</p>
<p>1 Sustainability and One Health 3<br />Judith L. Capper</p>
<p>2 Modern Cattle Practice: a Blueprint for the Future 11<br />Jos P. Noordhuizen</p>
<p>3 Education and Cattle Practice: What Do We Do? What Should We Do? 26<br />Peter D. Cockcroft</p>
<p>4 Evidence–Based Veterinary Medicine and Clinical Audits in Cattle Practice 41<br />Peter D. Cockcroft</p>
<p>5 Practice–Based Clinical Research 49<br />Mark A. Holmes</p>
<p>6 ExpertWitness 55<br />Paul Roger</p>
<p>Section II: Practice Management and Professional Skills</p>
<p>7 Practice Management Developing a Progressive Veterinary Practice 63<br />Peter Orpin</p>
<p>8 Veterinary Leadership and Communication Skills 69<br />Michelle McArthur and Adele Feakes</p>
<p>9 Marketing, Promotion and Farmer Education 77<br />Peter Orpin</p>
<p>10 Veterinary Equipment in Ambulatory Practice 85<br />Karin Mueller</p>
<p>11 The Practice Laboratory 97<br />Allan Kessell</p>
<p>12 Safety: Handling and Restraint of Cattle 110<br />Mandi Carr</p>
<p>Section III: Clinical Skills</p>
<p>13 Herd Health Investigations in Cattle Practice 117<br />Cheryl L.Waldner and John R. Campbell</p>
<p>14 Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning in Cattle Practice 124<br />Peter D. Cockcroft</p>
<p>15 Special Diagnostic Procedures 132<br />Phil Scott and Peter D. Cockcroft</p>
<p>16 Bovine Haematology and Biochemistry 145<br />Allan Kessell</p>
<p>17 Post–Mortem Examination and Sample Taking in Cattle 160<br />Elizabeth F. McInnes</p>
<p>18 Microbiology for Cattle Practitioners 174<br />Bryan Markey</p>
<p>19 Epidemiology: the Important Concepts 183<br />Michael P. Reichel</p>
<p>20 Biosecurity 188<br />Wayne Boardman</p>
<p>21 Applied Clinical Parasitology for Cattle Practitioners 197<br />Mike Taylor</p>
<p>22 Cattle Poisoning: Principles of Toxicological Investigations 210<br />Jo Payne, Chris Livesey and AlanMurphy</p>
<p>23 Antimicrobial Selection in Cattle Practice 224<br />Peter D. Cockcroft</p>
<p>24 Pain Management in Cattle Practice 237<br />Peter D. Cockcroft</p>
<p>25 Bull Health and Breeding Soundness 246<br />Peter Chenoweth</p>
<p>26 Euthanasia of Cattle 262<br />Karin Mueller</p>
<p>Section IV: Herd Health</p>
<p>27 Important National and International Diseases of Cattle 273<br />Michael P Reichel and Charles Caraguel</p>
<p>28 Population Medicine and Herd Health Planning 280<br />Nigel B. Cook</p>
<p>29 Welfare and Cattle Behaviour 291<br />Clive Phillips</p>
<p>30 Rumen Health in the Dairy Cow 297<br />Dai Grove–White</p>
<p>31 Genetics for the Bovine Practitioner 305<br />Nicholas N. Jonsson and Emily K. Piper</p>
<p>32 Abortion and Perinatal Mortality in Cattle 312<br />Richard D. Murray</p>
<p>Section V: Dairy Cattle Herd Health</p>
<p>33 The Prevalence and Cost of Important Endemic Diseases and Fertility in Dairy Herds in the UK 325<br />Alastair Macrae and Richard Esslemont</p>
<p>34 Dairy Cow Housing Audit 338<br />ChrisWatson</p>
<p>35 Cattle Signs 347<br />Kiro Petrovski</p>
<p>36 The Farm Audit: Health and Management of the Calf 360<br />Katrine Bazeley</p>
<p>37 Heifer Rearing,Weaning to Second Calving: Optimising Health and Productivity 373<br />Peter D. Cockcroft</p>
<p>38 The Farm Audit: Health and Management of the Transition Cow 381<br />Ian J. Lean and Peter J. DeGaris</p>
<p>39 The Farm Audit: Clinical Dairy Cow Nutrition 388<br />Thomas A. Chamberlain</p>
<p>40 The Farm Audit: Udder Health, Mastitis Milk Quality and Production 396<br />Andrew Biggs</p>
<p>41 The Farm Audit: Foot Health, Lameness and Footcare 406<br />Nick Bell</p>
<p>42 Reproductive Technologies: On–Farm Applications 418<br />Tim Parkinson</p>
<p>43 Optimising Herd Fertility: the Farm Audit 436<br />Rob Smith</p>
<p>44 A Hazards Analysis Critical Control Point Approach to Improving Reproductive Performance in Lactating Dairy Cows 450<br />I.J. Lean, A.R. Rabiee and N. Moss</p>
<p>45 Practice–Based Dairy Health Planning and Plans 465<br />Jonathan M.E. Statham</p>
<p>46 Organic Dairy Farms 476<br />Kathryn Ellis</p>
<p>Section VI: Beef Cattle Herd Health</p>
<p>47 Beef Suckler Cow Diseases: Monitoring and Surveillance 489<br />Phil Scott</p>
<p>48 Beef Suckler Herd Health: Key Intervention Points 493<br />Phil Scott</p>
<p>49 Auditing Beef Cow Herd Reproduction 501<br />George Caldow and Iain Riddell</p>
<p>50 Farm Audit Replacement Beef Heifers 506<br />Robert L. Larson</p>
<p>51 Cattle Housing: Design and Management 517<br />Jamie Robertson</p>
<p>52 Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD): Diagnosis, Prevention and Control 525<br />Peter D. Cockcroft</p>
<p>53 Farm Audit of Beef Cattle Nutrition 531<br />Colin Morgan</p>
<p>54 Audit of Semi–Intensive Beef Finishing Systems 537<br />Peter D. Cockcroft</p>
<p>55 Beef Cattle Feedlots How to Measure, Manage and Monitor 543<br />Mandi Carr</p>
<p>56 Organic Beef Farms 549<br />Kathryn Ellis</p>
<p>57 Marketing Beef Cattle Practice 555<br />Brad J. White</p>
<p>Appendix I Vade Mecum of Cattle Conditions 560<br />Kiro Petrovski</p>
<p>Index 643</p>