Calving Management and Newborn Calf Care

An interactive Textbook for Cattle Medicine and Obstetrics

AvJoão Simões,George Stilwell

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

This comprehensive textbook provides detailed information on calving management in dairy and beef cattle. Enriched with diverse learning opportunities, it conveys the fundamentals of reproductive anatomy and physiology, parturition, birth complications and various obstetrical manoeuvres, as well as dam and calf care. In order to promote best practices in this specialized subject, the book covers all significant points from conception to calving and the perinatal period. Clear chapter structures, a wealth of illustrations and videos, obstetrical case studies, and question-and-answer lists round out the reading experience, making the book a unique source of information on how to support mother cows and obtain viable offspring. In addition, readers can download the free Springer Nature Flashcards App and benefit from 77 digital study questions to test their knowledge.Calving is a significant event in terms of providing care and nutrition for mother cows and calves. The reproductive health status in cattle farms is crucial to immediately initiate lactation and new conception. Assistance by technical personnel, dystocia and stillbirth occurrences can reach ca. 50%, 14% and 6% of parturitions, respectively. Hence, zootechnical and veterinary management of calving is of great importance for animal welfare.This textbook makes a valuable contribution to teaching and everyday practice in cattle medicine and obstetrics. Veterinary students, residents, practitioners and technical personnel will discover it to be a rich learning and reference resource.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-08-30
Mått:178 x 254 x 26 mm
Vikt:592 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:283
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030681708

Utforska kategorier

Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Zoologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Veterinärmedicin: större djur inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

João Simões is a Professor of Large Animal Medicine and Reproduction at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD). As a clinician and academic, he has dedicated 27 years of his professional career to veterinary students and producers, and collaborated with national and European animal production associations. On the basis of this work experience and research, he has written numerous scientific and technical publications. In recent years, he has also edited several books and special issues on animal production and veterinary medicine for scientific journals. George Stilwell worked as a practitioner mainly with farm animals for over 15 years before joining the Veterinary Medicine Faculty (FMV) in Lisbon, where he now lectures on Farm Animal Clinics and Deontology and Bioethics. He did his PhD on cattle pain management and is a Diplomate at the European College of Bovine Health Management (ECBHM). He leads the Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research Lab (CIISA-FMV). George has been involved in various European projects on ruminant health and welfare (AWIN, Anicare, BovINE) and in several EFSA working groups. He is a board member of the Portuguese Veterinary Council and has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and several books on farm animal health and welfare.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Generalities/Introduction.- Chapter 2. Anatomy of the reproductive system.- Chapter 3. Reproductive physiology.- Chapter 4. Non-pregnant and pregnant cow’s management. - Chapter 5. Normal birth (eutocia).- Chapter 6. Abnormal occurrences during calving.- Chapter 7. Assisted vaginal delivery.- Chapter 8. Obstetric manoeuvres. - Chapter 9. Fetotomy.- Chapter 10. Caesarean Section.- Chapter 11. Obstetric problems before or during calving.- Chapter 12. Post-partum management.- Chapter 13. Post-partum diseases.- Chapter 14. Care and management of the newly born calf.