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In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. R. M. Thornsberry, Alois (Al) F. Kertz, and Jim K. Drackley bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Raising Commercial Dairy Calves. Focusing on the care of commercial dairy calves and the commercial dairy calf industry, top experts in the field cover key topics such as predicting post-weaning dairy calf performance; the practicing veterinarian's role in the veal calf industry; viral and bacterial causes of intestinal disease in young dairy calves: acceptable control measures; cryptosporidiosis; and more.
- Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including changing demographics of the commercial dairy calf industry; acceptable young calf vaccination strategies; dairy calf nutrition through weaning: recent research findings; nutritional programs for commercial replacement dairy heifer operations; predicting pre-weaning dairy calf performance: the calf toolkit; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on raising commercial dairy calves, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Changing Demographics of the Commercial Dairy Calf Industry: Why Use Beef on Dairy?
Acceptable Young Calf Vaccination Strategies-What, When, and How?
Nutritional Programs for Commercial Replacement Dairy Heifer Operations
Modeling Preweaning Dairy Calf Performance
Commercial Dairy Calf Management: Impact on Performance and Health
Preparing Male Dairy Calves for the Veal and Dairy Beef Industry
Bovine Respiratory Disease Considerations in Young Dairy Calves
Bacterial Causes of Intestinal Disease in Dairy Calves: Acceptable Control Measures
Cryptosporidiosis
Milk Replacer Ingredients: What and Why?
Rumen Transition from Weaning to 400 Pounds
