
By Thomas Morris, Michael Keilty
Alternative Health Practices for Livestock discusses the growing interest in livestock production systems that support long-term sustainability while maintaining animal health and food safety.
The book explores alternative approaches to livestock health management, including methods aimed at reducing antibiotic and chemical residues in meat, milk, and other animal products. It also reviews research on medicinal plants, parasite control strategies, and other non-conventional health practices in livestock production.
Alternative Health Practices for Livestock PDF provides a well-referenced overview of alternative livestock medicine and management practices for veterinarians, livestock producers, and agricultural educators.
Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Section I – Science of Alternative Methods
- Evaluation of a Homeopathic Therapy for Subclinical Mastitis in Lactating Holstein Cows
- Potential Role of Amazonian Medicinal Plants for Health Maintenance in Livestock
- Botanicals for Pigs
- Evaluation of Homeopathic Nosodes for Mastitis and Calf Scours
- Livestock Self-medication
- Alternative Methods of Controlling Parasites in Small Ruminants
- Overview of Research Methods on Medicinal Plants for Livestock
- Section II – Historical Review of Alternative Methods
- Forage Quality and Livestock Health: A Nutritionist’s View
- Livestock Treatments: Links from the Past to Holistic Alternatives of the Present
- Herbs and Alternatives in Equine Practice
- Section III – Concerns about Conventional Therapies
- The Ecology of Antimicrobial Resistance and Use of Alternatives in Food Animal Production
- Use of rbST and Implications for Cow Health in the Dairy Industry
- Section IV
- Funding for Testing Alternative Livestock Methods
- Economics of Niche Marketing in Alternative Livestock Farming
- Ideas to Promote Alternative Methods
- Index