Dairy herd health [
Dairy herd health is an important and universal topic in large animal veterinary practice and farming, covering both preventive medicine and health promotion. With the move towards large scale farming, the health of the herd is important as an economic nit and to promote the health of the individual...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
CABI ,
c2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2012/20123387548.pdf |
| Summary: | Dairy herd health is an important and universal topic in large animal veterinary practice and farming, covering both preventive medicine and health promotion. With the move towards large scale farming, the health of the herd is important as an economic nit and to promote the health of the individuals within it. This book will focus on diseases within herds, herd husbandry practices, youngstock management and environmental issues. Major diseases and conditions will be covered such as mastitis, lameness, nutrition, metabolic and common infectious diseases from a herd health perspective. It is suitable for veterinary practitioners and students, researchers and dairy industry personnel. This book is comprised of 9 chapters focusing on dairy cattle disease prevention at the herd level. Topics covered include concepts in dairy herd health, facilitating change in herd health, rearing youngstock and replacing cows, managing herd reproductin, mastitis control and milk quality enhancement, lameness control, control of infectious diseases, nutritional management of herd health and dairy farming, food security and environmental issues. Appendices on sample sizes and disease prevalence estimates as well as on genetics and herd health are provided. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 312 p.) : ill |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1845939972 1845939980 (e-book) 9781845939977 (e-book) 9781845939984 (e-book) |