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: title: How it all begins (the cows and the bulls); title: Problems that may occur during pregnancy; title: Normal calving and difficult deliveries; title: Handling malpresentations; title: Cesarean-section delivery; title: Complications following pregnancy and birth; title: The first hours of life; title: Reluctant mamas; title: When a calf needs your help; title: Preventive care; title: Viral and bacterial scours; title: Protozoal infections; title: Respiratory ailments; title: Umbilical health, navel ill, and septicemia; title: Miscellaneous calfhood problems.