Bovine Medicine: Diseases and Husbandry of Cattle, 2nd Edition

Bovine Medicine provides practical and comprehensive information on cattle disease and production and is a key reference for all large animal vets. Since the first edition was published in 1991 there have been significant improvements in disease control and management of cattle. Almost all parts of the book have been updated and completely rewritten. There are new chapters on surgery, embryo transfer, artificial insemination, ethno-veterinary medicine and biosecurity, and a new consolidating chapter on the interaction between the animal, environment, management and disease.

The previous edition has sold all over the world, and as a result of this a greater emphasis has been placed on conditions and their treatment in areas other than temperate regions. A new section entitled "Global Variation in Cattle Practice" has been included with contributors discussing bovine medicine practice in their part of the world.

All in all this is an outstanding resource for any practising vet and an excellent reference for veterinary students.

Table of Contents

List of Colour Plates
List of Contributors
Preface
Preface to the First Edition

PART I: Management: 1. Calf Rearing
2. Suckler Herds
3. Beef Finishing Systems
4. Dairy Farming
5. Heifer Rearing - 12 Weeks to Calving
6. Tropical Cattle Management
7. Ethnoveterinary Medicine in the Tropics
8. Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle
9. Nutrition
10. Alternative Forages
PART II: Disease: 11. Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis in the Cow The Calf 12. Outline of Clinical Genetics
13. Congenital Conditions
14. Calf Diarrhoea
15. Salmonellosis
16. Digestive Disorders of Calves
17. Calf Respiratory Disease
18. Other Calf Problems Growing Cattle 19. Endoparasites
20. Respiratory Diseases
21. Trace Element Disorders Adult Cattle Mastitis and Teat Conditions 22. Anatomy, Physiology and Immunology of the Udder
23. Mastitis
24. Summer Mastitis
25. Bulk Milk Testing and Mastitis Monitoring
26. The Milking Machine
27. Skin Infections of the Bovine Teat and Udder and their Differential Diagnosis
28. Factors Affecting Milk Quality
29. The Enhancement of Bovine Mammary Gland Immunity through Vaccination
30. Antimicrobial Therapy of Mastitis Lameness 31. Foot Lameness
32. Lameness above the Foot Fertility 33. Reproductive Physiology in Cattle
34. Problems after Calving
35. Problems Associated with Oestrous Cyclicity
36. Failure to Conceive and Embryonic Loss
37. Foetal Loss and Abnormalities of Pregnancy
38. A Summary of Bull Infertility
39. Artificial Insemination and Diseases Transmitted by Semen
40. Embryo Transfer
41. Herd Fertility Management
(a) Beef cattle
(b) Dairy herds
42. Pharmacological Manipulation of Reproduction Major Infectious Diseases 43. Viral Diseases
(a) Blue tongue
(b) Enzootic bovine leukosis
(c) Foot-and-mouth disease
(d) Rinderpest
(e) Vesicular stomatitis
(f) Bovine immunodeficiency virus
44. Bacterial Conditions
45. Ectoparasites, Tick and Arthropod Borne Diseases Metabolic Problems 46. Major Metabolic Disorders
47. Metabolic Profiles System and Miscellaneous Conditions 48. Alimentary Conditions
49. Respiratory Conditions
(a)
(b) Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
50. Skin Conditions
51. Neurological Disorders
52. Ocular Diseases
53. Other Conditions
54. Major Poisoning Welfare 55. Welfare Therapy and Disease Prevention 56. Health, Housing and Hygiene
57. Biosecurity
58. Immunological Fundamentals
59. Vaccines and Vaccination of Cattle
60. Antiparasitics
61. Antimicrobial Agents
62. Inflammation, Pain and Anti-inflammatory Drugs
63. Growth Promoters in Cattle
64. Injection Damage
65. Alternative Medicine
66. Aspects of Bovine Surgery The Interaction of the Animal, Environment and Management 67. Stress and the Pathogenesis of Disease Global Variation in Cattle Practice 68. Diseases Related to Management in Europe
69. Cattle Disease in Africa
70. Rabies
71. Cattle Practice in Saudi Arabia
72. Bovine Medicine in New Zealand and Australia
73. North American Dairy Production and Veterinary Involvement
74. The North American Beef Industry
75. Cattle Disease in South America
Index