Cattle Health Handbook

Preventive Care, Disease Treatments and Emergency Procedures for Promoting the Well-being of Your Beef or Dairy Herd

		Heather Smith Thomas   Illustrations 384 pages Publisher: Storey Publishing, USA April 2009

    Paperback - ISBN: 9781603420907 - AU $ 44.99

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You can provide the day-to-day medical care required to keep your cattle healthy and thriving. Heather Smith Thomas, a rancher with decades of hands-on experience, addresses every medical situation likely to arise on a beef or dairy farm. In lively language that offers practical, easy-to-execute solutions, Thomas discusses preventive care and how to handle sick or stressed cattle. Her thorough coverage of diseases and disorders includes advice on how to treat:

• Bacterial, viral, and protozoal diseases
• Weather-related health problems
• Internal and external parasites
• Problems affecting every body system
• Nutritional deficiencies
• Poisonous health hazards
• Accidents and injuries
• And much more

Whether you are caring for a single dairy cow or a large beef herd, you can substantially reduce veterinary costs, increase the self-sufficiency of your operation and improve the health of your animals.

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