
By Tanmoy Rana
Principles of Goat Disease and Prevention, veterinary medicineย delivers a singularly informative resource covering infectious diseases affecting ruminant animals. The book offers key insights into the most important aspects of common and unusual diseases affecting goats, providing clinical management best practices for veterinary practitioners engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of ruminant diseases.??
The author systematically explains ruminant disease and its diagnosis and treatment, explaining the etiopathogenesis of various pathogens, clinical symptoms, disease prevention and control, and the most recent advances in identifying and treating diseases in goats.
Perfect for undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students studying veterinary medicine,ย Principles of Goat Disease and Preventionย will also benefit practitioners and students with an interest in studying or preventing disease in ruminants.
Features
- A thorough introduction to managing nutrition in goats
- Comprehensive explorations of the handling and restraining of goats for the purpose of veterinary treatment
- Practical discussions of the collection, preservation, processing, and shipment of clinical materials in the treatment of goats
- Fulsome treatments of parasitic, bacterial, fungal, viral, and other diseases of goats, as well as the management of pain from surgery and lameness
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Nutrition andย management ofย goats
- Handling and restraining ofย ย goats
- Clinicalย findingsย ofย diseases of goats
- Collection, preservation, processingย andย dispatch ofย clinical materialsย ofย goats
- Parasitic diseases ofย goats
- Mycoplasma,ย rickettsia and chlamydiaย diseases ofย goats
- Bacterial diseases ofย goats
- Fungal diseases ofย goats
- Viral diseases ofย goats
- Transboundary, emerging andย exoticย diseases ofย goats
- Production diseases of goats
- Poisoning in goats
- Genetic diseasesย of goats
- Protozoan diseases in goats
- Metabolic diseases in goats
- Nutritional deficiency diseases in goats
- Diagnostic techniques in goats
- Management of pain from surgery and lameness inย goats
- Antimicrobial resistance in goatsย production practices
- Prevention and control strategy in combating diseases of goats