Alternative health practices for livestock /

The idea that current methods of food production are not sustainable in the long-term is a controversial topic. This book provides information that will advance a form of livestock production that meets the long- and short-term goals of human food production, minimizing degradation of natural resour...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Morris, Thomas F., Keilty, Michael T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Evaluation of a homeopathic therapy for subclinical mastitis in lactating Holstein cows / Sheila M. Andrew, Robin R. Rastani
  • Potential role of Amazonian medicinal plants for health maintenance in livestock / Mark J.S. Miller
  • Botanicals for pigs / Palmer J. Holden
  • Evaluation of homeopathic nosodes for mastitis and calf scours : lessons from the Vermont Nosode Project / Lisa McCrory, John Barlow
  • Livestock self-medication / Cindy Engel
  • Alternative methods of controlling parasites in small ruminants / R.W. Godfrey, R.E. Dodson
  • Overview of research methods on medicinal plants for livestock : endo- and ecto-parasites / Jennifer K. Ketzis
  • Forage quality and livestock health : a nutritionist's view / Jerry Brunetti
  • Livestock treatments links from the past to holistic alternatives of the present / Hubert J. Karreman
  • Herbs and alternatives in equine practice / Joyce C. Harman
  • The ecology of antimicrobial resistance and use of alternatives to antimicrobials in food animal production in the United States / Stephen J. DeVincent
  • Use of rbST and implications for cow health in the dairy industry / Alan H. Fredeen
  • Funding for testing alternative livestock methods : developing and performing grants to help fund sustainable livestock production / Randy Kidd
  • Economics of niche marketing in alternative livestock farming / Gary L. Valen.