Bovine Medicine

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

Autorentext
Peter Cockcroft is Professor of Ruminant Health at the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia. He has a Diploma in Cattle Health and Production from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and is a Diplomate of the European College of Bovine Health Management. He is European College Veterinary Specialist in Bovine Health Management. Peter has published extensively in the field of bovine medicine and is known for his work in evidence-based veterinary practice.

Zusammenfassung
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

Inhalt

Contributors ix

Preface xi

**Section I: Modern Cattle Practice
1 Sustainability and One Health 3
Judith L. Capper

2 Modern Cattle Practice: a Blueprint for the Future 11
Jos P. Noordhuizen

3 Education and Cattle Practice: 'What Do We Do? What Should We Do?' 26
Peter D. Cockcroft

4 Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine and Clinical Audits in Cattle Practice 41
Peter D. Cockcroft

5 Practice-Based Clinical Research 49
Mark A. Holmes

6 Expert Witness 55
Paul Roger

**Section II: Practice Management and Professional Skills
7 Practice Management Developing a Progressive Veterinary Practice 63
Peter Orpin

8 Veterinary Leadership and Communication Skills 69
Michelle McArthur and Adele Feakes

9 Marketing Promotion and Farmer Education 77
Peter Orpin

10 Veterinary Equipment in Ambulatory Practice 85
Karin Mueller

11 The Practice Laboratory 97
Allan Kessell

12 Safety: Handling and Restraint of Cattle 110
Mandi Carr

**Section III: Clinical Skills
13 Herd Health Investigations in Cattle Practice 117
Cheryl L. Waldner and John R. Campbell

14 Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning in Cattle Practice 124
Peter D. Cockcroft

15 Special Diagnostic Procedures 133
Phil Scott and Peter D. Cockcroft

16 Bovine Haematology and Biochemistry 146
Allan Kessell

17 Post-Mortem Examination and Sample Taking in Cattle 161
Elizabeth F. McInnes

18 Microbiology for Cattle Practitioners 175
Bryan Markey

19 Epidemiology: the Important Concepts 184
Michael P. Reichel

20 Biosecurity 189
Wayne Boardman

21 Applied Clinical Parasitology for Cattle Practitioners 198
Mike Taylor

22 Cattle Poisoning: Principles of Toxicological Investigations 211
JoPayne , Chris Livesey and Alan Murphy

23 Antimicrobial Selection in Cattle Practice 225
Peter D. Cockcroft

24 Pain Management in Cattle Practice 238
Peter D. Cockcroft

25 Bull Health and Breeding Soundness 246
Peter Chenoweth

26 Euthanasia of Cattle 262
Karin Mueller

**Section IV: Herd Health
27 Important National and International Diseases of Cattle 273
Michael P Reichel and Charles G B Caraguel

28 Population Medicine and Herd Health Planning 280
Nigel B. Cook

29 Welfare and Cattle Behaviour 291
Clive Phillips

30 Rumen Health in the Dairy Cow 297
Dai Grove-White

31 Genetics for the Bovine Practitioner 305
Nicholas N. Jonsson and Emily K. Piper

32 Abortion and Perinatal Mortality in Cattle 312
Richard D. Murray

**Section V: Dairy Cattle Herd Health
33 The Prevalence and Cost of Important Endemic Diseases and Fertility in Dairy Herds in the UK 325
Alastair Macrae and Richard Esslemont

34 Dairy Cow Housing Audit 338
Chris Watson

35 Cattle Signs 347
Kiro Petrovski

36 The Farm Audit: Health and Management of the Calf 360
Katrine Bazeley

37 Heifer Rearing Weaning to Second Calving: Optimising Health and Productivity 373
Peter D. Cockcroft

38 The Farm Audit: Health and Management of the Transition Cow 381
IanJ.LeanandPeterJ.DeGaris 39 The Farm Audit: Clinical Dairy Co...