Handbook for Beef Calf Health

With more than 40 years of experience as a practicing veterinarian and a PhD in Animal Science author Bob Sager gives ranchers students and extension agents the practical tips and scientific knowledge needed to raise healthy beef cattle.Includes chapters on the most crucial aspects of beef calf heath including gestational care; colostrum feeding and supplementation; scours and dehydration (including viral bacterial and parasitic causes); pneumonia and BRD; preventive health; and vaccination.Full color with 50 diagrams tables and figures that clearly demonstrate key concepts. Also includes a guide to performing field necropsies and a gallery of commonly-used products and tools.Whether beginner or advanced everyone can benefit from Sagers packed-with-facts handbook.