Dairy production medicine
This comprehensive book integrates new technology and concepts that have been developed in recent years to manage dairy farms in a profitable manner. The approach to the production of livestock and quality milk is multidisciplinary, involving nutrition, reproduction, clinical medicine, genetics, pat...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa :
Wiley-Blackwell
2011.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009665107906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; Management of the Transition Period; Calving Management; Moving Fresh Cows Through Pens Before and After Calving; Postpartum Health Monitoring; Strategies to Maximize PR at the End of the VWP; Early Diagnosis of Nonpregnant Cows; 1 Management Considerations from Parturition to the End of the Voluntary Waiting Period to Optimize Health and Reproductive Performance; Introduction; The Transition Period; Nutritional Physiology; DMI; Grouping Strategies; Energy Status and Nutrition
- Protein NutritionCalcium Nutrition; Fiber, Particle Size, and Chewing Activity; Feed Bunk Management and Cow Behavior; Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition; Additives; 2 Nutritional Management of the Prepartum Dairy Cow; Introduction; Calving Facilities; Signs of Calving; Calving Problems; Calving Assistance; Examination; Guidelines to Determine if There Is Room; Preparation of the Cow for Pulling the Calf; Rotation of the Calf; Care of the Calf Immediately After Delivery; Artificial Respiration; Care of the Dam After Delivery; Colostrum; 3 Calving Management: A Team Approach; Introduction
- Monitoring Postpartum HealthRectal Temperature; Attitude; Milk Production and Walking Activity; Uterine Discharge; Ketones in Milk or Urine; 4 Monitoring Health and Looking for Sick Cows; Introduction; Feeding Systems and Grouping Strategies for Lactating Cows; DMI; Meeting the Caloric Needs of Lactation; Fiber Carbohydrates; Nonfibrous Carbohydrates; Supplementation with Fats; Protein Nutrition; Minerals; Vitamins; General Guidelines for Ration Formulation; Feed Additives; Feeding Frequency, Feed Bunk Management, and Feed Availability; 5 Nutritional Management of Lactating Dairy Cows
- IntroductionEvaluating Reproductive Performance; Developing a Reproductive Program; Summary; 6 Reproductive Management in Dairy Cows; Introduction; Indicators of Reproductive Efficiency; VWP and First Postpartum Insemination; Management of Anovular Cows; Implementing Reproductive Programs for First AI; Insemination After Presynchronization; Summary; 7 Reproductive Management of Lactating Dairy Cows for First Postpartum Insemination; Introduction; Ultrasound Physics and Terminology; Early Pregnancy/Open Diagnosis; Later Pregnancy Evaluation and Fetal Gender Determination; Gestational Aging
- TwinningEmbryonic and Fetal Viability; Uterus; Cervix, Vagina, and Oviducts; Ovary; Staging the Estrous Cycle Based on Ultrasound Examination; Ultrasound with Synchronization Protocols; Embryo Transfer; Summary; Acknowledgments; 8 Applications of Ultrasonography in Dairy Cattle Reproductive Management; Introduction; Intravaginal Progesterone Devices and Artificial Insemination at Detected Estrus (AIDE); Resynchronization of Cows Detected Nonpregnant by Rectal Palpation; Resynchronization of Cows Detected Nonpregnant by Ultrasonography; Summary
- 9 Resynchronization of Estrus, Ovulation, and Timed Insemination in Lactating Dairy Cows
