Cattle Medicine

Describes with the aid of a large number of unique high quality images, the important diseases of cattle encountered by veterinarians in general and farm animal practice covering diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and control.

The authors describe with the aid of a large number of unique high quality images, the important diseases of cattle encountered by veterinarians in general and farm animal practice. The book covers diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and control. Wherever possible sequential images are used to take the reader through all stages of the disease process highlighting clinical features important in the diagnosis. The chapters are arranged by body system and where appropriate there is a suggested approach to clinical examination. The authors combine their experience of bovine medicine and surgery from working in general practice, and in teaching and research at a university referral hospital. The book is intended as a reference for veterinary educators and practitioners in farm animal medicine, and as a textbook for veterinary students in their clinical years.

...good quality photographs... descriptions of most of the conditions are applicable over a much wider geographic area [than the UK alone]. The descriptions of the diseases and their treatment... provide a good summary of each condition... could be a useful text for undergraduate veterinary students interested in cattle practice and for veterinarians in cattle practice as a source of summary information over a wide range of conditions. It could serve as a reference text that could readily be carried in a practice vehicle and the succinct nature of the text, as well as the supporting photographs, could provide the basic information that is often required in the practice situation. -- Jakob Malmo Australian Veterinary Journal 20120401 ...gives a succinct summary of the diseases of cattle encountered by farm animal practitioners... a practical manual... provides the necessary background information and then guides the reader in a clear, uncomplicated manner on how to manage the diagnosis and treatment of clinical cases... concise but detailed... provides everything required for routine farm animal practice and is a handy guide... large number of good-quality, informative photographs... especially helpful in explaining the diseases in their wider context... particularly appealing to veterinary undergraduate students... for practitioners not seeing cattle on a regular basis, this would be a handy reference for the practice library -- Charlotte R. Bell Veterinary Record 20121013

Preface		4	(1)
Abbreviations		5	(2)
Chapter 1 Reproductive System		7	(32)
Part 1: Male reproductive tract diseases		7	(10)
Part 2: Female reproductive tract diseases		17	(10)
Part 3: Causes of fetal loss/abortion		27	(12)
Chapter 2 Obstetrics And Parturient Diseases		39	(20)
Chapter 3 Digestive Tract And Abdomen		59	(56)
Part 1: Diseases of the digestive tract and abdomen		59	(35)
Part 2: Infectious diseases of the digestive tract		94	(21)
Chapter 4 Respiratory Diseases		115	(18)
Chapter 5 Cardiovascular Diseases		133	(10)
Chapter 6 Nervous System Diseases		143	(20)
Chapter 7 Musculoskeletal Diseases		163	(32)
Chapter 8 Urinary Tract Diseases		195	(6)
Chapter 9 Skin Diseases		201	(10)
Chapter 10 Eye Diseases		211	(5)
Chapter 11 Mastitis And Teat Diseases		216	(20)
Chapter 12 Parasitic Diseases		236	(6)
Chapter 13 Clostridial Diseases		242	(5)
Chapter 14 Metabolic Diseases		247	(11)
Chapter 15 Trace Element And Vitamin Deficiencies		258	(8)
Chapter 16 Miscellaneous Infectious And Exotic Diseases		266	(6)
Chapter 17 Poisons		272	(4)
Chapter 18 Anaesthesia		276	(7)
Further Reading		283	(1)
Index		284