In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Robert J. Van Saun brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Ruminant Metabolic Diseases. Top experts provide a comprehensive overview of metabolic diseases and treatments in small and large ruminants caused by deficiencies of certain essential nutrients, resulting in disturbances of an animal's normal metabolic state.
Contains 12 practice-oriented topics including inflammation, immunity and transition metabolism; ketosis diagnostics and therapy; beef cattle metabolic diseases; hepatic lipidosis in ruminants; and more.
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on ruminant metabolic diseases, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xi 8. Ruminant Metabolic Diseases: Perturbed Homeorhesis - p. 185 9. Metabolic Factors at the Crossroads of Periparturient Immunity and Inflammation - p. 203 10. Methods of Evaluating the Potential Success or Failure of Transition Dairy Cows - p. 219 11. Considerations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Early Lactation Calcium Disturbances - p. 241 12. Phosphorus Metabolism During Transition - p. 261 13. Pregnancy Toxemia in Sheep and Goats - p. 275 14. Pregnancy Toxemia Therapeutic Options - p. 293 15. Hyperketonemia: A Marker of Disease, a Sign of a High-Producing Dairy Cow, or Both? - p. 307 16. Transition Management in Grazing Systems: Pragmatism Before Precision - p. 325 17. Metabolic Diseases in Beef Cattle - p. 337 18. Urinary Calculi of Small Ruminants - p. 355 19. Hepatic Lipidosis in Ruminants - p. 371
In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Robert J. Van Saun brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Ruminant Metabolic Diseases. Top experts provide a comprehensive overview of metabolic diseases and treatments in small and large ruminants caused by deficiencies of certain essential nutrients, resulting in disturbances of an animal's normal metabolic state.
Contains 12 practice-oriented topics including inflammation, immunity and transition metabolism; ketosis diagnostics and therapy; beef cattle metabolic diseases; hepatic lipidosis in ruminants; and more.
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on ruminant metabolic diseases, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xi 8. Ruminant Metabolic Diseases: Perturbed Homeorhesis - p. 185 9. Metabolic Factors at the Crossroads of Periparturient Immunity and Inflammation - p. 203 10. Methods of Evaluating the Potential Success or Failure of Transition Dairy Cows - p. 219 11. Considerations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Early Lactation Calcium Disturbances - p. 241 12. Phosphorus Metabolism During Transition - p. 261 13. Pregnancy Toxemia in Sheep and Goats - p. 275 14. Pregnancy Toxemia Therapeutic Options - p. 293 15. Hyperketonemia: A Marker of Disease, a Sign of a High-Producing Dairy Cow, or Both? - p. 307 16. Transition Management in Grazing Systems: Pragmatism Before Precision - p. 325 17. Metabolic Diseases in Beef Cattle - p. 337 18. Urinary Calculi of Small Ruminants - p. 355 19. Hepatic Lipidosis in Ruminants - p. 371
