Management of Bulls, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice
- 1st Edition, Volume 40-1 - January 24, 2024
- Latest edition
- Editors: Lee Jones, Joseph C. Dalton
- Language: English
In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Lee Jones and Joseph C. Dalton bring their considerable expertise to the topic… Read more
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In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Lee Jones and Joseph C. Dalton bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Management of Bulls. Top experts in the field offer current discussions of assessing the reproductive potential of bulls, diagnosing disease or causes of infertility, and determining appropriate course of treatment or prognosis for recovery of injured bulls. This issue also provides up-to-date information regarding the contribution of sires to success or failure of reproductive programs in beef and dairy herds, and foundational material for success with AI (semen storage, handling, and site of deposition).
- Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including semen quality and field fertility (beef and dairy); physical evaluation of the breeding bull; nutrition and development; medical and surgical management of conditions of the penis and prepuce; management of lameness in breeding bulls; genomics and bull fertility; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on management of bulls, 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.
Food-Animal Veterinarians
Nutrition and Sexual Development in Bulls
Physical Evaluation of Beef Bulls
The Bull Breeding Soundness Examination and Its Application in the Production Setting
Field Morphology and Interpretation
Ancillary Methods for Semen Evaluation
Medical and Surgical Management of Conditions of the Penis and Prepuce
Abnormalities of the Scrotum and Testes
Bovine Lameness from the Ground up
Sexually Transmitted Diseases of Bulls
Impact of the Sire on Pregnancy Loss
Impact of Sire on Embryo Development and Pregnancy
Implementing Fixed-Time Artificial Insemination Programs in Beef Herds
Frozen Bovine Semen Storage, Semen Handling, and Site of Deposition
Considerations for Using Natural Service with Estrous Synchronization Programs
Managing Beef Bulls During the Off-Season
Genomics and Dairy Bull Fertility
Physical Evaluation of Beef Bulls
The Bull Breeding Soundness Examination and Its Application in the Production Setting
Field Morphology and Interpretation
Ancillary Methods for Semen Evaluation
Medical and Surgical Management of Conditions of the Penis and Prepuce
Abnormalities of the Scrotum and Testes
Bovine Lameness from the Ground up
Sexually Transmitted Diseases of Bulls
Impact of the Sire on Pregnancy Loss
Impact of Sire on Embryo Development and Pregnancy
Implementing Fixed-Time Artificial Insemination Programs in Beef Herds
Frozen Bovine Semen Storage, Semen Handling, and Site of Deposition
Considerations for Using Natural Service with Estrous Synchronization Programs
Managing Beef Bulls During the Off-Season
Genomics and Dairy Bull Fertility
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 40-1
- Published: January 24, 2024
- Language: English
LJ
Lee Jones
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine,University of GeorgiaJD
Joseph C. Dalton
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Extension Dairy Specialist, Animal, Veterinary and Food Science, University of Idaho