Handbook of Calf Health and Management: A Guide to Best Practice Care for Calves
A guide to calf management authored by vets who also have their own herd. The focus is on rearing an animal with optimal health for enhanced productivity with a focus on welfare and best practice. The book employs a lifecycle approach to management, seeing the calf through the pre-partum period to 4 months of 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.
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Handbook of Calf Health and Management: A Guide to Best Practice Care for Calves
A guide to calf management authored by vets who also have their own herd. The focus is on rearing an animal with optimal health for enhanced productivity with a focus on welfare and best practice. The book employs a lifecycle approach to management, seeing the calf through the pre-partum period to 4 months of 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.
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Handbook of Calf Health and Management: A Guide to Best Practice Care for Calves

Handbook of Calf Health and Management: A Guide to Best Practice Care for Calves

by Sophie Mahendran MS (Editor)
Handbook of Calf Health and Management: A Guide to Best Practice Care for Calves

Handbook of Calf Health and Management: A Guide to Best Practice Care for Calves

by Sophie Mahendran MS (Editor)

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Overview

A guide to calf management authored by vets who also have their own herd. The focus is on rearing an animal with optimal health for enhanced productivity with a focus on welfare and best practice. The book employs a lifecycle approach to management, seeing the calf through the pre-partum period to 4 months of 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781789181340
Publisher: 5m Publishing
Publication date: 12/12/2021
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 7.50(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Sophie Mahendran, BVMedSci, BVMBVS(hons), MSc, DipECBHM, MRCVS, is lecturer in Farm Animal Health and Welfare at the Royal Veterinary College, UK.
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