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Dairy herd health / edited by Martin Green, co-edited by Andrew Bradley, James Breen, Helen Higgins, Chris Hudson, Jon Huxley, Jonathan Statham, Laura Green and Alastair Hayton.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dairy cattle--Health.
- Dairy cattle.
- Dairying.
- Veterinary medicine.
- Food animals--Health.
- Local Subjects:
- Food animals--Health.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, [2012]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This book is comprised of 9 chapters focusing on dairy cattle disease prevention at the herd level. Topics covered include concepts in dairy herd health, facilitating change in herd health, rearing youngstock and replacing cows, managing herd reproduction, mastitis control and milk quality enhancement, lameness control, control of infectious diseases, nutritional management of herd health and dairy farming, food security and environmental issues. Appendices on sample sizes and disease prevalence estimates as well as on genetics and herd health are provided.
- Contents:
- Concepts in dairy herd health
- Facilitating change in herd health
- Restoring the dairy herd: rearing youngstock and replacing cows
- Managing herd reproduction
- Control of mastitis and enhancement of milk quality
- Control of lameness
- Control of infectious disease
- Nutritional management of herd health
- Dairy farming, food security and environmental issues
- Appendix 1. Sample sizes and disease prevalence estimates
- Appendix 2. Genetics and herd health.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Dairy herd health
- ISBN:
- 9781845939984
- 1845939980
- 9781283903592
- 1283903598
- OCLC:
- 823389880
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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