Dairy Production Medicine PDF book integrates new technology and concepts that have been developed in recent years to manage dairy farms in a profitable manner. The approach to the production of livestock and quality milk is multidisciplinary, involving nutrition, reproduction, clinical medicine, genetics, pathology, epidemiology, human resource management and economics. The book is structured by the production cycle of the dairy cow covering critical points in cow management. Written and edited by highly respected experts, this book provides a thoroughly modern and up-to-date resource for all those involved in the dairy industry.
Uses a multi-disciplinary approach, involving nutrition, reproduction, clinical medicine, genetics, pathology, epidemiology, human resource management and economics
Structured by the production cycle of the dairy cow covering critical points in cow management
Provides a thoroughly modern and up to date resource for all those involved in the dairy industry
Integrates new technology and concepts that have been developed in recent years to manage dairy farms in a profitable manner
Written and edited by highly respected experts
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Contributors xiii
1 Management Considerations from Parturition to the End of the Voluntary Waiting Period to Optimize Health and Reproductive Performance 3 Carlos A. Risco
2 Nutritional Management of the Prepartum Dairy Cow 7 Pedro Melendez Retamal
3 Calving Management: A Team Approach 19 Maarten Drost
4 Monitoring Health and Looking for Sick Cows 27 Carlos A. Risco and Mauricio Benzaquen
