Handbook of Calf Health and Management: A Guide to Best Practice Care for Calves

SOPHIE MAHENDRAN (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

360 Seiten

2021
5M Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78918-134-0 (ISBN)

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A guide to calf management authored by vets who also have their own herd. The focus is on rearing an animal with optimal health for enhanced productivity with a focus on welfare and best practice.

A guide to calf management authored by veterinarians with years of experience in both practice and research. The focus is on rearing a calf for optimal health and enhanced productivity, with a focus on welfare and best practice.

Handbook of Calf Health and Management employs a lifecycle approach to management, seeing the calf through from conception to bulling age. Topics covered include feeding strategies and feeding behaviour, hygiene, weaning, grazing, husbandry advice and disease management. The approach throughout is of animal and keeper working together. The information presented has a solid research foundation and is evidence based and up to date. Practical tips from the authors’ own experience are also included.

Handbook of Calf Health and Management is a must have book for both cattle veterinarians, veterinary students, farmers and stockpeople with an interest in calf management.

1. Economics of calf rearing
2. The pre-partum environment
3. Calving
4. Colostrum management
5. Calf housing
6. Feeding the pre-weaning calf
7. The weaning period
8. Care of the post-weaning calf
9. Health management of the calf

Erscheinungsdatum	15.12.2021
Reihe/Serie	Veterinary Books for Farmers
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	844 g
Themenwelt	Veterinärmedizin ► Großtier
ISBN-10	1-78918-134-8 / 1789181348
ISBN-13	978-1-78918-134-0 / 9781789181340
Zustand	Neuware