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Title
Calving management and newborn calf care : an interactive textbook for cattle medicine and obstetrics / João Simões, George Stilwell.
ISBN
9783030681685 (electronic bk.)
3030681688 (electronic bk.)
303068167X
9783030681678
Imprint
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-68168-5 doi
Call Number
SF197
Dewey Decimal Classification
636.2089/82
Summary
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. Readers can additionally download the free Springer Nature Flashcards App and benefit from 77 digital study questions to test their knowledge. 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 work 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 7, 2021).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783030681678
Chapter 1. Generalities/Introduction
Chapter 2. Anatomy of the reproductive system
Chapter 3. Reproductive physiology
Chapter 4. Non-pregnant and pregnant cow 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.
