Description
This comprehensive textbook, Calving Management and Newborn Calf Care: An Interactive Textbook for Cattle Medicine and Obstetrics, provides detailed information on calving management in dairy and beef cattle. Enriched with diverse learning opportunities, it conveys the fundamentals of reproductive anatomy and physiology, parturition, birth complications and various obstetrical manoeuvres, as well as dam and calf care. In order to promote best practices in this specialized subject, the book covers all significant points from conception to calving and the perinatal period. Clear chapter structures, a wealth of illustrations, case studies, and question-and-answer lists round out the reading experience, making the book a unique source of information on how to support mother cows and obtain viable offspring. This textbook makes a valuable contribution to teaching and everyday practice in cattle medicine and obstetrics. Veterinary students, residents, practitioners and technical personnel will discover it to be a rich learning and reference resource. 294 p.
- Joao Simoes. Department of Veterinary Sciences, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, University of Tras-os-Montes e alto Douro, Vila Real (Portugal).
- George Stilwell. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon (Portugal).
- Publication date (digital version): 2021-09.
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