Handbook of Calf Health and Management: A Guide to Best Practice Care for Calves
Průvodce chovem telat, jehož autory jsou veterináři s dlouholetými zkušenostmi z praxe i výzkumu. Důraz je kladen na odchov telat pro optimální zdraví a zvýšenou produktivitu se zaměřením na welfare a osvědčené postupy.
Handbook of Calf Health and Management využívá celoživotní přístup k managementu, kdy je tele vidět od početí až po býčí věk. Probíraná témata zahrnují strategie krmení a chování při krmení, hygienu, odstav, pastvu, rady pro chov a zvládání chorob. Celý přístup spočívá ve spolupráci zvířete a chovatele. Prezentované informace mají solidní výzkumný základ a jsou založeny na důkazech a jsou aktuální. Součástí jsou i praktické tipy z vlastních zkušeností autorů.
Příručka zdraví a managementu telat je nezbytná kniha pro veterináře skotu, studenty veterinární medicíny, farmáře a chovatele se zájmem o management telat.
Autor: Sophie Mahendran
| Nakladatel | 5m Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781789181340 |
| Vydání | 2021 |
| Vazba | pevná |
| Počet stran | 238 |
Handbook of Calf Health and Management is a must have book for both cattle veterinarians, veterinary students, farmers and stockpeople with an interest in calf management. A guide to calf management authored by veterinarians with years of experience in both practice and research. The focus is on rearing a calf for optimal health and enhanced productivity, with a focus on welfare and best practice.
Handbook of Calf Health and Management employs a lifecycle approach to management, seeing the calf through from conception to bulling age. Topics covered include feeding strategies and feeding behaviour, hygiene, weaning, grazing, husbandry advice and disease management. The approach throughout is of animal and keeper working together. The information presented has a solid research foundation and is evidence based and up to date. Practical tips from the authors’ own experience are also included.
Handbook of Calf Health and Management is a must have book for both cattle veterinarians, veterinary students, farmers and stockpeople with an interest in calf management.
| Contributors | viii |
| Preface | ix |
| Abbreviations | x |
| 1. Pregnancy and the pre - partum environment | 1 |
| 2. Calving | 25 |
| 3. Colostrum management | 52 |
| 4. Calf housing and the environment | 77 |
| 5. Feeding the pre - weaned calf | 105 |
| 6. Monitoring growth and the weaning period | 131 |
| 7. Care of the post - weaning calf | 150 |
| 8. Calf health management | 168 |
| 9. Dairy sourced beef | 196 |
| 10. Economics of calf rearing | 223 |
| Appendix | 232 |
| Index | 234 |