Calving Management and Newborn Calf Care
An interactive Textbook for Cattle Medicine and Obstetrics
By João Simões, George Stilwell
1st Edition
This comprehensive textbook provides detailed information on calving
management in dairy and beef cattle. Enriched with diverse learning
opportunities, it conveys the fundamentals of reproductive anatomy and
physiology, parturition, birth complications and various obstetrical
manoeuvres, as well as dam and calf care. In order to promote best
practices in this specialized subject, the book covers all significant
points from conception to calving and the perinatal period. Clear
chapter structures, a wealth of illustrations and videos, obstetrical
case studies, and question-and-answer lists round out the reading
experience, making the book a unique source of information on how to
support mother cows and obtain viable offspring. In addition, readers
can download the free Springer Nature Flashcards App and benefit from 77
digital study questions to test their knowledge.
Calving is a
significant event in terms of providing care and nutrition for mother
cows and calves. The reproductive health status in cattle farms is
crucial to immediately initiate lactation and new conception. Assistance
by technical personnel, dystocia and stillbirth occurrences can reach
ca. 50%, 14% and 6% of parturitions, respectively.
This textbook makes a valuable contribution to teaching and everyday practice in cattle medicine and obstetrics. Veterinary students, residents, practitioners and technical personnel will discover it to be a rich learning and reference resource.
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