Short description
Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult series, the most trusted and well-known quick-reference resource available to veterinarians, now includes this new volume on ruminants. Hundreds of top specialists provide coverage of 420 topics arranged alphabetically from A-Z for efficient searching.
Long description
Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult series, the most trusted and well-known quick-reference resources available to veterinarians, now includes this new volume on ruminants. Hundreds of top specialists provide coverage of 420 topics arranged alphabetically from A-Z for efficient searching, with each topic indicating the species affected. An accompanying CD includes an additional 175 topics covering management, husbandry, reproduction, and diagnostics. Whether you're a student or a practicing veterinarian, this reference book will cut down on the time spent navigating through other resources, allowing you to study, diagnose and treat more quickly.
Review
This book will be particularly attractive to veterinary under-graduates and those in their first years in practice as a reference guide. (Veterinary Times, 11 October 2010) THIS is certainly not a pocket book - it is a very substantial text for use as a quick reference guide, which is reflected in the format. (Veterinary Times, October 2010) There is something in it for everyone with an interest in ruminant medicine, regardless of their experience level... Despite its size, the layout of this book is simple and has a simple format. It fulfills the aims set out in the preface and offers good value by including a CD. (Veterinary Times, September 2010) Fans of the series no doubt appreciate the easy to use, no-frills approach to veterinary textbooks, providing the relevant basic information for the vet or student on the go (or past the deadline). (Veterinary Practice, December 2009) Five-Minute Veterinary Consult has strength in breadth and is extremely easy to navigate. If you need to remind yourself of the basics of an unfamiliar or long-forgotten topic, and you have only five minutes, you may find that this book is a worthy addition to the shelf or car boot. (The Veterinary Record, December 2009) An excellent quick-reference resource for any veterinarian who treats cattle, sheep, goats, cervids, or camelids... provides a practical overview of the most important diseases and production problems in these species. This textbook is intended as a go-to reference when review of a particular topic is required; it is not intended to replace more detailed internal medicine or production medicine references. However, the inclusion of management and husbandry topics makes this one of the most comprehensive textbooks available to ruminant practitioners. (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, September 2009) This valuable book is a compilation of necessary and welcome information. The editor and authors have met their objectives in an exemplary manner. (Doody's Book Reviews, September 2009 ) Every vet library must have this. (Midwest Book Review, July 2009)
Table of contents
- Abomasal Emptying Defect (AED) in Sheep 2 Abomasal Impaction 4 Abomasal Ulcers 6 Abortion 8 Abortion: Bacterial 10 Abortion: Farmed Cervidae 13 Abortion: Sheep and Goats 17 Abortion: Viral, Fungal, and Nutritional 20 Acidosis 23 Actinobacillosis 26 Actinomycosis: Lumpy Jaw 28 Acute Colic-Abdominal Pain 30 Acute Renal Failure 34 Aesculus (Buckeye) Toxicosis 35 Agricultural Chemical Toxicities 36 Akabane 38 Alopecia 40 Analytical Testing 44 Anaphylaxis 48 Anaplasmosis 50 Anemia, Nonregenerative: Bovine 52 Anemia, Nonregenerative: Camelids 55 Anemia, Regenerative: Bovine 58 Anemia, Regenerative: Camelids 63 Anesthesia and Analgesia 66 Anestrus 70 Angular Limb Deformity 72 Anthrax 76 Arsenic Toxicosis 78 Arthrogryposis 80 Aspergillosis 83 Aspiration Pneumonia 84 Atypical Interstitial Pneumonia 86 Avocado Toxicosis 88 B Vitamins 89 Babesiosis 92 Bacillary Hemoglobinuria 95 Backgrounding Beef Calves 98 Bacterial Endocarditis 101 Bacterial Meningitis 104 Beef Bull Management 106 Berserk Male Syndrome/Aberrant Behavior Syndrome 108 Besnoitiosis 110 Black Locust Toxicity 112 Blindness 114 Bloat 116 Blue-Green Algae Poisoning 118 Bluetongue 120 Body Condition Score: Camelids and Camels 122 Border Disease 124 Borna Disease 126 Botulism 128 Bovine Ephemeral Fever 130 Bovine Lameness 132 Bovine Leukemia 135 Bovine Papular Stomatitis 138 Bovine Petechial Fever 139 Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex (BRD) 140 Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus 142 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 144 Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus 146 Bracken Fern Toxicity 150 Brassica spp. Toxicity 152 Breeding Soundness Examination and Infertility in Male Camelids 154 Breeding Soundness Exam: Beef Bull 158 Brucellosis 161 Burn Management 164 Cache Valley Virus 168 Calf Diphtheria 170 Calving-Related Disorders 172 Camelid Tooth Root Abscesses 176 Campylobacter 178 Candidiasis 180 Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis 182 Capture Myopathy 184 Carbamate Toxicity 186 Cardiomyopathy 188 Cardiotoxic Plants 190 Caseous Lymphadenitis (CLA) 193 Castor Bean Toxicity 196 Cecal Dilation and Volvulus 198 Cervidae Tuberculosis (Micobacterium bovis) 200 Cesarean Surgery: Indications 202 Chlamydiosis 204 Chronic Wasting Disease 207 Cicuta spp. (Water Hemlock) Toxicity 210 Circulatory Shock 212 Cleft Palate (Palatoschisis) 214 Clostridial Disease: GI 216 Clostridial Myositis 218 Club Lamb Disease 220 CNS: Brain Lesions 222 CNS: Nerve Lesions 226 CNS: Spinal Column and Cord Anomalies 228 Coccidioidomycosis 232 Coccidiosis 234 Coenurosis 236 Congestive Heart Failure 238 Conium spp. (Poison Hemlock) Toxicity 240 Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia 242 Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia 244 Copper Deficiency of Sheep and Goats 246 Copper Toxicity 250 Cor Pulmonale 253 Corkscrew Claw in Cattle 256 Corneal Ulceration 258 Coronavirus 260 Cowpox 264 Cryptococcosis 266 Cryptosporidiosis 268 Culling Strategies 270 Cutaneous Myiasis of Sheep and Goats 272 Cyanide Toxicosis 274 Dairy Buck Management 276 Dairy Bull Management 278 Dairy Goat Dermatology 280 Death Camas (Zygadenus) 282 Dermatologic Microbiology 283 Dermatophilosis 284 Dermatophytosis 286 Differential Diagnosis of Lumps and Swellings 288 Differential Diagnosis of Pruritus 290 Differential Diagnosis of Scaling and Crusting 293 Differential Diagnosis of Skin Diseases of the Udder 296 Digital (Papillomatous) Dermatitis 298 Displaced Abomasum 301 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy (DIC) 304 Down Camelid 306 Downer Cow 308 Drug Interactions 310 Dystocia 312 Economics of Beef Cattle Reproductive Decisions 314 Ectropion 316 Edema, Peripheral 318 Embryo Cryopreservation 320 Emesis 322 Endometritis 324 Entropion 327 Enzootic Ataxia 330 Enzootic Pneumonia of Calves 332 Eperythrozoonosis 334 Escherichia coli 0157:H7, Challenges in Food Safety 336 Esophageal Disorders 338 Facial Eczema 341 Failure of Passive Transfer 344 Fascioliasis (Liver Fluke) 346 Fatty Liver 350 Fescue Toxicity 352 Floppy Kid Syndrome 354 Fluid Therapy 356 Fluoride Toxicity 360 Foot-and-Mouth Disease 362 Foot Rot in Cattle 365 Fractures and Luxations 368 Freemartinism 371 Frostbite 372 Fungal Tremorgens 374 Gastrointestinal Microbiology 376 Gastrointestinal Pharmacology 378 Gossypol Toxicosis 380 Grass Tetany/Hypomagnesemia 382 Haemonchosis 384 Haemophilus somnus Complex 388 Heartwater (Cowdriosis) 392 Heat Stress in South American Camelids 394 Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle 396 Heath Family: Grayanotoxin 398 Heavy Metal Toxicosis 400 Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome 403 Hepatitis (Fungal, Toxic, and Infectious) 406 Hereditary Chondrodysplasia: Ovine 408 High Mountain Disease 410 Horner's Syndrome 414 Hypocalcemia: Bovine 416 Hypocalcemia: Small Ruminant 420 Hypodermatosis 422 Hypothyroidism and Iodine Deficiency-Induced Hypothyroidism 425 Indigestion 428 Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis 430 Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis 434 Infectious Pustular Vulvovaginitis 436 Inhalation Pneumonia 438 Iodine Deficiency and Toxicity 440 Jimsonweed Toxicity (Datura stramonium) 442 Johne's Disease 444 Johne's Disease-Small Ruminants and Exotics 446 Juvenile Llama Immunodeficiency Syndrome (JLIDS) 448 Keratoconjunctivitis/Conjunctivitis 450 Ketosis (Acetonemia-Dairy Cattle) 454 Lactation Failure (Dysgalactia, Agalactia, Hypogalactia) 458 Lameness in Sheep 460 Laminitis in Cattle 462 Lantana Toxicosis 464 Laryngeal Obstruction 466 Lead Toxicosis 468 Leptospirosis 471 Leukocyte Responses in Cattle 474 Lightning Strike-Sudden Death 478 Listeriosis 480 Liver Abscesses 482 Louping III 486 Low-Fat Milk Syndrome 488 Lumpy Skin Disease 490 Lupine Toxicity 492 Luxations 494 Lyme Borreliosis 496 Lymphocytosis 500 Lymphosarcoma 502 Maedi-Visna (Visna-Maedi) 505 Magnesium Deficiency/Excess 508 Malignant Catarrhal Fever 512 Mammary Gland Surgeries: Teat Amputation, Mastectomy 514 Mammary Gland: Ultrasound 516 Management of Gunshot Wounds 520 Mast Cell Tumors 522 Mastitis: Coliform 524 Mastitis: Fungal 526 Mastitis: Minor Bacteria 528 Mastitis: Mycoplasma 530 Mastitis: No Growth 534 Mastitis: Sheep and Goats 536 Mastitis: Staphylococcal 540 Mastitis: Streptococcal 542 Mastitis: Viral 546 Melanoma 548 Melioidosis 549 Metabolic Profiling 552 Metaldehyde Toxicosis 556 Metritis 558 Microphthalmia 560 Middle Uterine Artery Rupture 562 Milk Vein Rupture 563 Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) Toxicosis 564 Miscellaneous Conditions of the Hoof Wall 566 Mites of Sheep and Goats 568 Molybdenum Toxicity 570 Monensin Toxicity 572 Mucosal Disease 576 Mycoplasma Infections in Cattle 578 Mycotoxins 580 Myiasis 584 Myocarditis 586 Nairobi Sheep Disease 588 Nasal Anomalies 590 Necrotic Stomatitis 593 Nematodirus 596 Neonatal Diarrhea 598 Neonatal Septic Arthritis 602 Neonatology: Beef 604 Neonatology: Dairy 606 Neonatology: Dairy Goats 610 Neonatology: Lambs 612 Neospora 618 Nightshade (Solanum spp.) Toxicosis 620 Nitrate and Nitrite Toxicosis 621 Oak (Quercus spp.) Poisoning 624 Obstructive Urolithiasis 626 Ocular Treatments 629 Oestrus ovis Infestation 630 Oleander and Foxglove 632 Onchocerciasis 634 On-farm Pasteurization of Waste Milk 638 Orchitis and Epididymitis 640 Orf/Contagious Ecthyma 642 Osteochondrosis 644 Ostertagiosis 646 Otitis Media/Interna 649 Ovarian Cystic Degeneration 652 Ovarian Hypoplasia, Bursal Disease, Salpingitis 654 Ovine Progressive Pneumonia 656 Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma 658 Oxalate Toxicity 660 Papillomatosis 662 Parainfluenza-3 (PI-3) 664 Parasite Control on Dairies 666 Parasite Control Programs-Small Ruminants 668 Parasitic Pneumonia 672 Parasitic Skin Diseases 674 Parelaphostrongylus tenuis: Cerebrospinal Nematodiasis 676 Patent Urachus 678 Pediculosis of Sheep and Goats 680 Penile Deviations 682 Penile Hematoma 683 Pericarditis 684 Perinatal Lamb Mortality 688 Periorbital Staphylococcal Dermatitis 692 Peste Des Petits Ruminants 694 Petroleum Product Poisoning 696 Pharmacology of Mastitis: Bovine 698 Phenoxyl Toxicity 702 Phosphorus Deficiency/Excess 704 Photodermatitis 708 Photosensitization 710 Pine Needle Toxicity 714 Plant