Bovine practice 2 /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Melling, M. (Margaret), Alder, M. (Martin)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, [1998]
Series:In practice handbooks series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The Milking machine and mastitis / P.W. Edmondson
  • Introduction
  • Components of the milking machine
  • Milking systems
  • Factors affecting the incidence of mastitis
  • Machine maintenance
  • Teat disinfection in dairy herds / R.W. Blowey and P.W. Edmondson
  • Post milking teat disinfection
  • Pre-milking teat disinfection
  • Dip or spray? Teat disinfection products
  • Induction of parturition / T.J. Parkinson
  • Principles of inducing parturition
  • Induction of abortion
  • Induction in the last trimester of pregnancy or near full term
  • Management of induced cows and premature calves
  • Benefits of the technique.
  • Intravenous fluid therapy in the neonatal calf / D.H. Grove-White
  • Indications for fluid therapy
  • Source of fluids
  • Fluid composition
  • Fluid administrtration-what rate and how much?
  • Prognosis
  • Diseases of the digit: description of common lesions / R.W. Blowey
  • White line abscess
  • Foreign body penetration of the sole
  • Sole ulceration
  • Sole haemorrhage
  • Interdigital skin hyperplasia
  • Interdigital necrobacillosis
  • Digital dermatitis
  • Heel erosion (slurry heel)
  • Vertical sandcrack.
  • Horizontal fissures (horizontal sandcracks)
  • Fracture of the third phalanx
  • Diseases of the digit hoof care and factors influencing the incidence of lameness / R.W. Blowey
  • Processes of hoof overgraowth
  • Hoof trimming the four stages
  • Hoof dressing and surgical shoes
  • Factors affecting the incidence of lameness
  • Differental diagnosis of common skin disorders / P.G.G. Jackson
  • Approach to the differental diagnosis
  • Causes of bovine skin disease
  • Special diagnostic procedures
  • Differental diagnosis of respiratory disease in adult cattle / R. Dalgleish
  • Diseases of groups of animals
  • Diseases of the individual animal.
  • Bovine botulism / T.O. Jones
  • Epidemiology
  • Pathogenesis
  • Clinical findings
  • Differental diagnosis
  • Confirmation of diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Prophylaxis
  • Human safety
  • Differental diagnosis of lesions of the male genital tract / T.J. Parkinson
  • Lesions associated with failure to mount
  • Lesions resulting in failure of intromission
  • Lesions associated with failure to fertilize
  • Umbilical hernias and infections in calves / G.B. Edwards
  • Anatomy
  • Umbilical hernias.
  • Surgical treatment of uncomplicated umbilical hernias
  • Repair of very large hernias using prosthetic materials
  • Chronic umbilical infections
  • Surgical treatment of chronic umbilical infections
  • Management of a herd outbreak of salmonellosis / P.R. Scott
  • Aetiology
  • Clinical signs
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Control
  • Prevention.