Metabolic Diseases of Ruminants, an Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice, Volume 29-2

Description:

A current, comprehensive issue on metabolic diseases for the food animal practitioner. Topics include obesity and insulin resistance in dairy cows, ketosis therapy, use of serum NEFA and BHBA concentrations in herd-level assessment, mineral nutrition in transition diets, protein, fat, and energy in dairy transition diets, prophylactic calcium therapy in peripartum dairy cows, metabolic regulators of feed intake, assessing and managing body condition score for the prevention of metabolic disease, and more!

By Thomas Herdt, DVM, MS, Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, MI