Bovine Theriogenology (An Issue of Veterinary Clinics. Food Animal Practice)

Description

Proper reproductive management of dairy and beef herds is a crucial aspect of the bovine life cycle. This comprehensive issue will cover breeding strategies, semen quality, nutritional requirements, management of the transition cow, reproductive consulting, reproductive record analysis, early embryonic loss, ultrasonography, neosporosis, and 4 other related chapters.

Table of Contents

1. Physiology of the Parturition and Uterine Involution (Frazer)
2. Effect of Semen Quality on Reproductive Efficiency (DeJarnette)
3. Breeding Strategies to Optimize Reproductive Efficiency in Dairy Herds (Stevenson)
4. Breeding Strategies to Optimize Reproductive Efficiency in Beef Herds (Day)
5. Impact of Nutrition on Reproductive Efficiency of Dairy Cows (Ferguson)
6. Management of the Transitional Cow to Optimize Reproductive Efficiency (Melendez, Risco)
7. Reproductive Consulting in Large Diary Herds (Sanders)
8. Reproductive Record Analysis (Meadows)
9. Diagnosis and Prevention of Venereal Disease in Cattle (BonDurant)
10. Early Embryonic Loss in Dairy and Beef Cattle (Dailey, Inskeep)
11. Reproductive Ultrasonography in Bovine Practice (Fricke, Lamb)
12. Neosporosis (Dubey)
13. Diagnosis and Prevention of Reproductive Loss Due to Leptospirosis and BVD (Bolin, Grooms)
14. Reducing Calf Losses in Beef Herds (Larson)
15. Management of Periparturient Disorders in Dairy Cattle (Risco, Smith)

Author Information

By Robert A. Smith, DVM, MS, Diplomate, ABVP, McCasland Chair in Beef Health and Production, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Stillwater, OK; and Grant Frazer, BVSc, MS, MBA, Diplomate ACT