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Clinical Diseases, Production, and Management of Cattle

  • 1st Edition - March 20, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Tanmoy Rana
  • Language: English

Clinical Diseases, Production, and Management of Cattle is an essential reference that extensively covers the health, care, and management of cattle. This comprehensive guide… Read more

Description

Clinical Diseases, Production, and Management of Cattle is an essential reference that extensively covers the health, care, and management of cattle. This comprehensive guide begins with general considerations of cattle care and production, progresses into specific practices for calf care, and culminates in a broad examination of cattle diseases—from common to rare, mild to severe. The book includes preventative measures, diagnostic procedures, and treatments for diseases. It is an invaluable resource for industry professionals, animal agriculture researchers, and veterinarians looking to deepen their understanding of cattle health and disease prevention.

Key features

  • Covers health, wellness, and disease management in cattle production
  • Details illnesses of beef and dairy cattle, as well as the unique pathologies of calves
  • Describes treatment and preventive measures for common and less common diseases of cattle

Readership

Researchers interested in cattle disease pathologies as well as production and management. Veterinarians involved in the care and treatment of cattle. Stakeholders who manage and work with cattle and are involved recognizing and initiating treatment of illnesses

Table of contents

Section 1: General considerations of diseases, production, and Management

1. Introduction to diseases, production and Management

2. Breeds of cattle and analysis of productivity in India

3. Identification for Selection and Rearing of Cattle

4. Cattle production and livelihood security

5. Dehorning in Cattle

6. Wound or injury prevention / treatment

Section 2: Production and management of cattle

7. Housing and ventilation of cattle

8. Nutrition of cattle

9. Feeds, feeding equipment, and feeding habits of cattle

10. Impact of stress on cattle production

11. Genetic markers and herd improvement of cattle

12. General reproduction and reproductive management of cattle

13. General health, and management of cattle

14. Herd health planning and management statistics

15. Herd health diagnostics test: Types, characteristics, and interpretation

16. Productive performance of cattle

17. Biotechnological and genomic approaches in breeding of cattle

18. Care and management of life stages of dairy cattle

19. Transportation and health management of cattle

20. Manure production and waste management of cattle

21. Cattle farming and business for financial upliftment

22. Entrepreneur development through cattle farming

23. Diseases prevention, environment and animal welfare

24. Implications of cross-breeding in dairy and beef cattle

Section 3: Calf care and Management

25. Pregnancy and the pre-partum outcomes

26. Calving and its clinical management

27. Colostrum management and its importance for calves

28. Handling of calves

29. Dairy calf housing and environmental management

30. Feeding the pre-weaned calf and its management

31. Monitoring calf growth rate and weaning management

32. Care of beef calf and weaning management

33. Calf health management practices

34. Beef animal production

35. Economic analysis of calf rearing

36. Management strategies for calf welfare

Volume 4: Clinical diseases of cattle

37. Electrolyte balance and fluid therapy of cattle

38. Diseases of the respiratory system of cattle

39. Diseases of the endocrine system of cattle

40. Diseases of the cardiovascular system of cattle

41. Diseases of the nervous system of cattle

42. Diseases of the elementary system of cattle

43. Diseases of the liver and pancreas of cattle

44. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system of cattle

45. Diseases of the male reproductive system of cattle

46. Diseases of the female reproductive system of cattle

47. Perinatal diseases of cattle

48. Anesthesia and pain management of cattle

49. Diseases of the integumentary system of cattle

50. Diseases of the ear of cattle

51. Diseases of the eye of cattle

52. Geriatric diseases of cattle

53. Diseases of the hemolymphatic and immune systems of cattle

54. Metabolic diseases of cattle

55. Deficiency diseases of cattle

56. Toxicity of cattle

57. Genetic diseases in cattle

58. Clinical pathology, necropsy and diagnostic evaluation of cattle

59. Therapeutic application of drugs, management and control in cattle

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 20, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Tanmoy Rana

Dr. Tanmoy Rana is currently an Assistant Professor in Veterinary Medicine, Ethics, and Jurisprudence at the Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex, West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, West Bengal, India. He has published articles in international journals, authored book chapters for edited works, and has made contributions in the fields of biochemical and molecular pharmacology, toxicology, and veterinary medicine. He has been involved in multidisciplinary research and education to promote the scientific basis of veterinary science and molecular medicine. Dr. Rana is a Member of the West Bengal Veterinary Council, India; the Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine (ISVM); and the Indian Science Congress Association. He is an Associate Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, India. He is also an Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member of various highly regarded international journals.

Affiliations and expertise
West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, India

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