Handbook of calf health and management : a guide to best practice care for calves

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahendran, Sophie.

Contributor:

Mahendran, Sophie, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beef cattle.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Portland : 5m Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

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. The book employs a lifecycle approach to management, seeing the calf through the pre-partum period to 4 months of 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.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Abbreviations

1. Pregnancy and the pre-partum environment

2. Calving

3. Colostrum management

4. Calf housing and the environment

5. Feeding the pre-weaned calf

6. Monitoring growth and the weaning period

7. Care of the post-weaning calf

8. Calf health management

9. Dairy sourced beef

10. Economics of calf rearing

Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Mahendran, Sophie Handbook of Calf Health and Management

ISBN:

9781789181739

OCLC:

1290485633