Bovine Medicine

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.

“This book will be an asset to veterinarians who work with cattle.”  (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 15 September 2015)

• Contributors ixPreface xiSection I: Modern Cattle Practice1 Sustainability and One Health 3Judith L. Capper2 Modern Cattle Practice: a Blueprint for the Future 11Jos P. Noordhuizen3 Education and Cattle Practice: ‘What Do We Do? What Should We Do?’ 26Peter D. Cockcroft4 Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine and Clinical Audits in Cattle Practice 41Peter D. Cockcroft5 Practice-Based Clinical Research 49Mark A. Holmes6 Expert Witness 55Paul RogerSection II: Practice Management and Professional Skills7 Practice Management –Developing a Progressive Veterinary Practice 63Peter Orpin8 Veterinary Leadership and Communication Skills 69Michelle McArthur and Adele Feakes9 Marketing Promotion and Farmer Education 77Peter Orpin10 Veterinary Equipment in Ambulatory Practice 85Karin Mueller11 The Practice Laboratory 97Allan Kessell12 Safety: Handling and Restraint of Cattle 110Mandi CarrSection III: Clinical Skills13 Herd Health Investigations in Cattle Practice 117Cheryl L. Waldner and John R. Campbell14 Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning in Cattle Practice 124Peter D. Cockcroft15 Special Diagnostic Procedures 133Phil Scott and Peter D. Cockcroft16 Bovine Haematology and Biochemistry 146Allan Kessell17 Post-Mortem Examination and Sample Taking in Cattle 161Elizabeth F. McInnes18 Microbiology for Cattle Practitioners 175Bryan Markey19 Epidemiology: the Important Concepts 184Michael P. Reichel20 Biosecurity 189Wayne Boardman21 Applied Clinical Parasitology for Cattle Practitioners 198Mike Taylor22 Cattle Poisoning: Principles of Toxicological Investigations 211JoPayne , Chris Livesey and Alan Murphy23 Antimicrobial Selection in Cattle Practice 225Peter D. Cockcroft24 Pain Management in Cattle Practice 238Peter D. Cockcroft25 Bull Health and Breeding Soundness 246Peter Chenoweth26 Euthanasia of Cattle 262Karin MuellerSection IV: Herd Health27 Important National and International Diseases of Cattle 273Michael P Reichel and Charles G B Caraguel28 Population Medicine and Herd Health Planning 280Nigel B. Cook29 Welfare and Cattle Behaviour 291Clive Phillips30 Rumen Health in the Dairy Cow 297Dai Grove-White31 Genetics for the Bovine Practitioner 305Nicholas N. Jonsson and Emily K. Piper32 Abortion and Perinatal Mortality in Cattle 312Richard D. MurraySection V: Dairy Cattle Herd Health33 The Prevalence and Cost of Important Endemic Diseases and Fertility in Dairy Herds in the UK 325Alastair Macrae and Richard Esslemont34 Dairy Cow Housing Audit 338Chris Watson35 Cattle Signs 347Kiro Petrovski36 The Farm Audit: Health and Management of the Calf 360Katrine Bazeley37 Heifer Rearing Weaning to Second Calving: Optimising Health and Productivity 373Peter D. Cockcroft38 The Farm Audit: Health and Management of the Transition Cow 381IanJ.LeanandPeterJ.DeGaris39 The Farm Audit: Clinical Dairy Cow Nutrition 388Tom Chamberlain40 The Farm Audit: Udder Health Mastitis Milk Quality and Production 396Andrew Biggs41 The Farm Audit: Foot Health Lameness and Footcare 406Nick Bell42 Reproductive Technologies: On-Farm Applications 418Tim Parkinson43 Optimising Herd Fertility: the Farm Audit 436Rob Smith44 AHazardsAnalysisCriticalControlPoint Approach to Improving Reproductive Performance in Lactating Dairy Cows 450I.J. Lean A.R. Rabiee and N. Moss45 Practice-Based Dairy Health Planning and Plans 465Jonathan M.E. Statham46 Organic Dairy Farms 476Kathryn EllisSection VI: Beef Cattle Herd Health47 Beef Suckler Cow Diseases: Monitoring and Surveillance 489Phil Scott48 Beef Suckler Herd Health: Key Intervention Points 493Phil Scott49 Auditing Beef Cow Herd Reproduction 501George Caldow and Iain Riddell50 Farm Audit –Replacement Beef Heifers 506Robert L. Larson51 Cattle Housing: Design and Management 517Jamie Robertson52 Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD): Diagnosis Prevention and Control 525Peter D. Cockcroft53 Farm Audit of Beef Cattle Nutrition 531Colin Morgan54 Audit of Semi-Intensive Beef Finishing Systems 537Peter D. Cockcroft55 Beef Cattle Feedlots –How to Measure Manage and Monitor 543Mandi Carr56 Organic Beef Farms 549Kathryn Ellis57 Marketing Beef Cattle Practice 555Brad J. WhiteAppendix I Vade Mecum of Cattle Conditions 560Kiro PetrovskiIndex 639