Essential guide to calving
Subtitle: giving your beef or dairy herd a healthy start
By: Heather Smith Thomas.
Publisher: Storey Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: North Adams, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9781580177078; 9781580177061
Subjects: Calves.; Cattle -- Parturition.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: value: How it all begins (the cows and the bulls); value: Problems that may occur during pregnancy; value: Normal calving and difficult deliveries; value: Handling malpresentations; value: Cesarean-section delivery; value: Complications following pregnancy and birth; value: The first hours of life; value: Reluctant mamas; value: When a calf needs your help; value: Preventive care; value: Viral and bacterial scours; value: Protozoal infections; value: Respiratory ailments; value: Umbilical health, navel ill, and septicemia; value: Miscellaneous calfhood problems.