Bovine Medicine: Diseases and Husbandry of Cattle 2nd Edition

Bovine Medicine Diseases and Husbandry of Cattle......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
List of Colour Plates......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 13
Preface to the First Edition......Page 14
PART 1: MANAGEMENT......Page 15
1 Calf Rearing......Page 17
2 Suckler Herds......Page 21
3 Beef Finishing Systems......Page 28
4 Dairy Farming......Page 36
5 Heifer Rearing – 12 Weeks To Calving......Page 68
6 Tropical Cattle Management......Page 82
7 Ethnoveterinary Medicine in the Tropics......Page 97
8 Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle......Page 102
9 Nutrition......Page 109
10 Alternative Forages......Page 137
PART 2: DISEASE......Page 147
11 Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis in the Cow......Page 149
The Calf......Page 173
12 Outline of Clinical Genetics......Page 175
13 Congenital Conditions......Page 186
14 Calf Diarrhoea......Page 199
15 Salmonellosis......Page 229
16 Digestive Disorders of Calves......Page 245
17 Calf Respiratory Disease......Page 253
18 Other Calf Problems......Page 263
Growing Cattle......Page 279
19 Endoparasites......Page 281
20 Respiratory Diseases......Page 300
21 Trace Element Disorders......Page 308
Adult Cattle Mastitis and Teat Conditions......Page 323
22 Anatomy, Physiology and Immunology of the Udder......Page 325
23 Mastitis......Page 340
24 Summer Mastitis......Page 351
25 Bulk Milk Testing and Mastitis Monitoring......Page 355
26 The Milking Machine......Page 367
27 Skin Infections of the Bovine Teat and Udder and Their Differential Diagnosis......Page 377
28 Factors Affecting Milk Quality......Page 387
29 The Enhancement of Bovine Mammary Gland Immunity Through Vaccination......Page 393
30 Antimicrobial Therapy of Mastitis......Page 405
Lameness......Page 421
31 Lameness in the Foot......Page 423
32 Lameness Above the Foot......Page 449
Fertility......Page 483
33 Reproductive Physiology in Cattle......Page 485
34 The Postpartum Period......Page 522
35 Problems Associated with Oestrous Cyclicity......Page 544
36 Failure to Conceive and Embryonic Loss......Page 566
37 Fetal Loss......Page 591
38 Bull Infertility......Page 608
39 Artificial Insemination and Diseases Transmitted by Semen......Page 641
40 Embryo Transfer......Page 648
(a) Beef herds......Page 666
(b) Dairy herds......Page 676
42 Pharmacological Manipulation of Reproduction......Page 692
Major Infectious Diseases......Page 703
(a) Bluetongue......Page 705
(b) Enzootic bovine leukosis......Page 707
(c) Foot-and-mouth disease......Page 714
(d) Rinderpest......Page 721
(e) Vesicular stomatitis......Page 724
(f) Bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV)......Page 727
44 Bacterial Conditions......Page 731
45 Ectoparasites, Tick and Arthropod-borne Diseases......Page 754
Metabolic Problems......Page 793
46 Major Metabolic Disorders......Page 795
47 Metabolic Profiles......Page 818
System and Miscellaneous Conditions......Page 833
48 Alimentary Conditions......Page 835
49 Respiratory Conditions......Page 874
50 Skin Conditions......Page 889
51 Neurological Disorders......Page 904
52 Ocular Diseases......Page 931
53 Other Conditions......Page 941
54 Major Poisonings......Page 951
Welfare......Page 967
55 Welfare......Page 969
Therapy and Disease Prevention......Page 983
56 Health, Housing and Hygiene......Page 985
57 Biosecurity......Page 1001
58 Immunological Fundamentals......Page 1010
59 Vaccines and Vaccination of Cattle......Page 1018
60 Antiparasitics......Page 1033
61 Antimicrobial Agents......Page 1049
62 Inflammation and Pain......Page 1059
63 Growth Promoters in Cattle......Page 1081
64 Injection Damage......Page 1092
65 Alternative Medicine......Page 1095
66 Aspects of Bovine Surgery......Page 1119
The Interaction of the Animal, Environment and Management......Page 1145
67 Stress and the Pathogenesis of Disease......Page 1147
Global Variation in Cattle Practice......Page 1163
68 Diseases Related to Management in Europe......Page 1165
69 Cattle Disease in Africa......Page 1170
70 Rabies......Page 1178
71 Dairy Farming in Saudi Arabia......Page 1186
72 Bovine Medicine in New Zealand and Australia......Page 1191
73 North American Dairy Production and Veterinary Involvement......Page 1197
74 The North American Beef Industry......Page 1202
Index......Page 1207