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Current Veterinary Therapy

Food Animal Practice

  • 5th Edition - July 17, 2008
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: David E. Anderson, Michael Rings
  • Language: English

Written by leading food animal researchers, practitioners, and educators, this comprehensive guide provides quick access to the latest medical and surgical interventions for… Read more

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Written by leading food animal researchers, practitioners, and educators, this comprehensive guide provides quick access to the latest medical and surgical interventions for cattle, sheep, and goats. The concise, quick-reference format and logical body systems organization make it ideal for use in both the clinical setting and the field. You’ll easily locate key information on preventing, treating, and managing disease in food animals, as well as expert insights on improving outcomes for individual animals and herd populations.

Key features

  • Authoritative, cutting-edge coverage offers clinically relevant strategies for diagnosing and managing a wide range of diseases and disorders in food animals, with a focus on cattle, sheep, and goats.
  • Logically organized content is easy-to-follow and provides a practical approach to determining appropriate medical and surgical interventions.
  • Concise, easy-to-read format helps you find essential information quickly and easily.
  • Expert editors, consultants, and writers ensure the accuracy, relevance, and timeliness of each topic to keep you on the cutting edge of food animal therapy.

Table of contents

SECTION 1: DIGESTIVE SYSTEM


1. Pharyngeal lacerations and retropharyngeal abscesses in cattle


2. Vesicular diseases of ruminants


3. Actinomycosis and actinobacillosis


4. Esophageal obstruction (choke)


5. Bloat or ruminal tympany


6. Function and dysfunction of the ruminant forestomach


7. Simple indigestion and secondary indigestion


8. Ruminal acidosis and rumenitis


9. Rumenotomy and rumenostomy


10. Abomasal ulcers


11. Abomasal emptying defect in sheep


12. Pathophysiology of displacement of the abomasum in cattle


13. Surgical considerations for management of displacement of the abomasum in cattle


14. Prognostic indicators and comparison of corrective fixation techniques for displacement of the abomasum in dairy cattle


15. Laparoscopic abomasopexy for correction of left displaced abomasum


16. Hepatotoxicities of ruminants


17. Hemorrhagic bowel syndrome


18. Clostridium novyi (myconecrosis, black disease, and bacillary hemoglobinuria) and Clostridium septicum (braxy) infections


19. Clostridial Enterotoxemia (Clostridium perfringens)


20. Johne’s disease (paratuberculosis)


21. Neonatal calf diarrhea


22. Helminth parasites of the ruminant gastrointestinal tract


23. Gastrointestinal protozoal infections in ruminants


24. Bovine viral diarrhea virus


25. Salmonellosis


26. Winter dysentery


27. Duodenal obstruction


28. Trichobezoars


29. Intussusception


30. Intestinal volvulus


31. Intestinal atresia


32. Rectal prolapse

SECTION 2: METABOLIC SYSTEM


33. Milk fever (parturient paresis) in cows, ewes, and doe goats


34. Phosphorus deficiency


35. Ruminant hypomagnesemic tetanies


36. Ketosis


37. Pregnancy toxemia of ewes


38. Fatty liver in dairy cattle


39. Clinical use of ultrasound for subcutaneous fat thickness measurements in dairy cattle


40. Metabolic profile testing in dairy cattle

SECTION 3: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM


41. Mannheimia haemolytica– and Pasteurella multocida–induced bovine pneumonia


42. Bovine respiratory disease virology


43. Mycoplasmas in bovine respiratory disease


44. Sheep and goat respiratory disease


45. Diseases of the upper respiratory system in cattle, sheep, and goats


46. Surgery of the upper respiratory tract


47. Surgery of the thorax

SECTION 4: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM


48. Examination of the bovine patient with heart disease


49. Congenital heart disease in cattle


50. Acquired heart diseases in cattle

SECTION 5: MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM


51. Noninfectious disorders of the foot


52. Infectious disorders of the foot skin


53. Surgery of the bovine digit


54. Small ruminant infectious disease of the foot


55. Fracture management in cattle


56. Septic arthritis in cattle


57. Osteochondrosis in cattle


58. Ligament injuries of the stifle


59. Coxofemoral luxation


60. Hygroma of the carpus and tarsus

SECTION 6: NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM


61. Clinical examination


62. Ancillary tests


63. Muscular tone and gait abnormalities


64. Cranial nerve abnormalities


65. Mentation abnormality, depression, and cortical blindness


66. Central nervous system infection and infestation

SECTION 7: URINARY SYSTEM


67. Urolithiasis


68. Urinary tract infection in food animals


69. Neonatal urinary disorders


70. Ulcerative posthitis


71. Bovine enzootic hematuria


72. Surgery of the urinary tract

SECTION 8: GENITAL SURGERY – MALE


73. Diagnosis and management of juvenile anomalies of the penis and prepuce


74. Diagnosis and management of penile deviations


75. Diagnosis and management of injuries to the penis and prepuce of bulls


76. Diagnosis and management of inguinal hernia in bulls


77. Diagnosis and management of conditions of the scrotum and testes


78. Preparation of teaser bulls, rams, and bucks

SECTION 9: GENITAL SURGERY – FEMALE


79. Bovine cesarean sections: risk factors and outcomes


80. Surgery of the vagina and nongravid uterus


81. Umbilical surgery in calves


82. Diagnosis and management of teat injury


83. Laparoscopy in large animal surgery

SECTION 10: OPHTHALMOLOGY


84. Ophthalmic examination techniques for production animals


85. Selected eye diseases of cattle


86. Selected eye diseases of sheep and goats


87. Ophthalmology of South American camelids: llamas, alpacas, guanacos, and vicunas


88. Selected eye diseases of swine


89. Food animal ocular neoplasia


90. Neurogenic vision loss


91. Ophthalmic therapeutics


92. Enucleation in the bovine

SECTION 11: PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS


93. Ethical responsibilities of bovine veterinarians in selecting and using therapeutic drugs


94. Ethical responsibilities of small ruminant veterinarians in selecting and using therapeutics


95. Practical pharmacokinetics for the food animal practitioner


96. The Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) and related drug regulations


97. Anthelmintic therapy in an era of resistance


98. Antimicrobial resistance in human pathogens and the use of antimicrobials in food animals: challenges in food animal veterinary practice


99. Evidence-based veterinary medicine – therapeutic considerations


100. Therapeutic options in organic livestock medicine


101. Decision making in mastitis therapy


102. Respiratory disease treatment considerations in feedyards


103. Antibiotic treatment of diarrhea in preweaned calves


104. Fluid therapy, transfusion, and shock therapy


105. Pain management in cattle and small ruminants

SECTION 12: CHEMICAL RESTRAINT, GENERAL ANESTHESIA, AND PAIN MANAGEMENT


106. Chemical restraint in ruminants


107. General anesthesia in ruminants


108. Managing severe pain in ruminants

SECTION 13: COW-CALF/SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION MEDICINE


109. Marketing beef cow-calf production medicine in private practice


110. Economic analysis techniques for the cow-calf practitioner


111. Cow-calf operation beef quality assurance (BQA)


112. Biosecurity for cow-calf enterprises


113. Management of neonatal diarrhea in cow-calf herds


114. Calf preweaning immunity and impact on vaccine schedules


115. Beef heifer development


116. Investigation and abortion and fetal loss in the beef herd


117. Addressing high dystocia incidence in cow-calf herds


118. Carcass ultrasound uses in beef cattle production settings

SECTION 14: FEEDLOT PRODUCTION MEDICINE


119. Preconditioned calves in the feedyard


120. Low stress livestock handling


121. Biosecurity for feedlot enterprises


122. Use of statistical process control in feedlot practice


123. Growth promotants


124. Feedlot vaccination protocols


125. An economic risk assessment model for management of pregnant feeder heifers


126. Investigation of lameness outbreaks in feedlot cattle


127. Investigating a respiratory disease outbreak


128. Feedlot therapeutic protocols


129. Managing hospital pen systems


130. No loose parts necropsy procedure for the feedyard

Product details

  • Edition: 5
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 20, 2008
  • Language: English

About the authors

DA

David E. Anderson

Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Head, Large Animal Clinical Sciences; College of Veterinary Medicine; Veterinary Teaching Hospital; University of Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee

MR

Michael Rings

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

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