Metabolic Diseases of Ruminants, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice

Download or read book Metabolic Diseases of Ruminants, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice written by Thomas Herdt and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A current, comprehensive issue on metabolic diseases for the food animal practitioner. Topics include obesity and insulin resistance in dairy cows, ketosis therapy, use of serum NEFA and BHBA concentrations in herd-level assessment, mineral nutrition in transition diets, protein, fat, and energy in dairy transition diets, prophylactic calcium therapy in peripartum dairy cows, metabolic regulators of feed intake, assessing and managing body condition score for the prevention of metabolic disease, and more!