Perinatal mortality in beef herds
By: Thomas R. Kasari and Steven E. Wikse, guest editors.
Contributors: Kasari, Thomas R.; Wikse, Steven E.
Series: The Veterinary clinics of North America -- v. 10, no. 1.
Publisher: W.B. Saunders
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Calves -- Mortality.; Calves -- Diseases.; Beef cattle -- Diseases.; Beef cattle -- Breeding.; Beef cattle -- Parturition.
Notes: "March 1994."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: In utero infections responsible for abortion, stillbirth, and birth of weak calves in beef cows / W. Duane Mickelsen and James F. Evermann; value: Immunization of the beef cow and its influence on fetal and neonatal calf health / Louis J. Perino and Gary P. Rupp; value: Congenital defects as a cause of perinatal mortality of beef calves / Colin G. Rousseaux; value: Dystocia-related risk factors / Lawrence E. Rice; value: Cold thermoregulation in the newborn calf / Gordon E. Carstens; value: The importance of colostrum to the health of the neonatal calf / Thomas E. Besser and Clive C. Gay; value: Environmental factors and calving management practices that affect neonatal mortality in the beef calf / Hugh G.G. Townsend; value: Physiologic mechanisms of adaptation in the fetal calf at birth / Thomas R. Kasari; value: The incidence, causes, and financial impact of perinatal morality in North American beef herds / Robert E. Toombs, Steven E. Wikse, and Thomas R. Kasari; value: Investigating perinatal calf mortality in beef herds / Steven E. Wikse ... [et al.]; value: Weakness in the newborn calf / Thomas R. Kasari.