num_pages: 390
description: High producing farm animals (dairy cows, beef cattle, veal calves, pigs, sheep, etc.) are permanently challenged by a variety of improper nutrition (deficit/surplus), housing systems, infections, stress, etc. Consequently the incidence, course and outcome of production diseases are changing continuously. Therefore new information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of production diseases is needed.These problems are complicated by the discussion of animal welfare, the rapid changes in agricultural production and the economics of production. This complexity can only be analysed, pushed forward or eventually solved by an interdisciplinary approach which could stimulate new ideas for research and collaboration. On the 10th International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals 1998, about 120 scientists in the field of large animal science have presented the results of their research in connection with this subject. In this book the full papers of the key note lectures and the abstracts of the scientific presentations are published.For scientists, veterinarians and other workers in animal husbandry this book provides via the abstracts the most recent findings of ongoing research and, via the more than 20 full papers, up to date reviews about the developments in the different disciplines in relation to the production diseases in modern husbandry.
language: English
title: Production Diseases in Farm Animals
titlecomplete: Production Diseases in Farm Animals
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Wageningen Academic Pub