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| Preface |
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Section I Modern Cattle Practice |
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1 Sustainability and One Health |
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2 Modern Cattle Practice: a Blueprint for the Future |
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3 Education and Cattle Practice: `What Do We Do? What Should We Do?' |
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26 | (15) |
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4 Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine and Clinical Audits in Cattle Practice |
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41 | (8) |
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5 Practice-Based Clinical Research |
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49 | (6) |
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55 | (8) |
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Section II Practice Management and Professional Skills |
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7 Practice Management -- Developing a Progressive Veterinary Practice |
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63 | (6) |
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8 Veterinary Leadership and Communication Skills |
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69 | (8) |
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9 Marketing, Promotion and Farmer Education |
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77 | (8) |
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10 Veterinary Equipment in Ambulatory Practice |
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85 | (12) |
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11 The Practice Laboratory |
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97 | (13) |
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12 Safety: Handling and Restraint of Cattle |
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110 | (7) |
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Section III Clinical Skills |
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13 Herd Health Investigations in Cattle Practice |
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117 | (7) |
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14 Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning in Cattle Practice |
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124 | (9) |
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15 Special Diagnostic Procedures |
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133 | (13) |
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16 Bovine Haematology and Biochemistry |
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146 | (15) |
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17 Post-Mortem Examination and Sample Taking in Cattle |
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161 | (14) |
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18 Microbiology for Cattle Practitioners |
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175 | (9) |
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19 Epidemiology: the Important Concepts |
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184 | (5) |
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189 | (9) |
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21 Applied Clinical Parasitology for Cattle Practitioners |
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198 | (13) |
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22 Cattle Poisoning: Principles of Toxicological Investigations |
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211 | (14) |
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23 Antimicrobial Selection in Cattle Practice |
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225 | (13) |
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24 Pain Management in Cattle Practice |
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238 | (8) |
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25 Bull Health and Breeding Soundness |
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246 | (16) |
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262 | (11) |
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27 Important National and International Diseases of Cattle |
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273 | (7) |
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28 Population Medicine and Herd Health Planning |
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280 | (11) |
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29 Welfare and Cattle Behaviour |
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291 | (6) |
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30 Rumen Health in the Dairy Cow |
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297 | (8) |
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31 Genetics for the Bovine Practitioner |
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305 | (7) |
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32 Abortion and Perinatal Mortality in Cattle |
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312 | (13) |
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Section V Dairy Cattle Herd Health |
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33 The Prevalence and Cost of Important Endemic Diseases and Fertility in Dairy Herds in the UK |
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325 | (13) |
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34 Dairy Cow Housing Audit |
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338 | (9) |
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347 | (13) |
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36 The Farm Audit: Health and Management of the Calf |
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360 | (13) |
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37 Heifer Rearing, Weaning to Second Calving: Optimising Health and Productivity |
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373 | (8) |
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38 The Farm Audit: Health and Management of the Transition Cow |
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381 | (7) |
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39 The Farm Audit: Clinical Dairy Cow Nutrition |
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388 | (8) |
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40 The Farm Audit: Udder Health, Mastitis Milk Quality and Production |
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396 | (10) |
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41 The Farm Audit: Foot Health, Lameness and Footcare |
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406 | (12) |
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42 Reproductive Technologies: On-Farm Applications |
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418 | (18) |
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43 Optimising Herd Fertility: the Farm Audit |
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436 | (14) |
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44 A Hazards Analysis Critical Control Point Approach to Improving Reproductive Performance in Lactating Dairy Cows |
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450 | (15) |
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45 Practice-Based Dairy Health Planning and Plans |
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465 | (11) |
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476 | (13) |
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Section VI Beef Cattle Herd Health |
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47 Beef Suckler Cow Diseases: Monitoring and Surveillance |
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489 | (4) |
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48 Beef Suckler Herd Health: Key Intervention Points |
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493 | (8) |
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49 Auditing Beef Cow Herd Reproduction |
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501 | (5) |
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50 Farm Audit -- Replacement Beef Heifers |
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506 | (11) |
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51 Cattle Housing: Design and Management |
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517 | (8) |
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52 Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD): Diagnosis, Prevention and Control |
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525 | (6) |
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53 Farm Audit of Beef Cattle Nutrition |
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531 | (6) |
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54 Audit of Semi-Intensive Beef Finishing Systems |
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537 | (6) |
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55 Beef Cattle Feedlots -- How to Measure, Manage and Monitor |
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543 | (6) |
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549 | (6) |
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57 Marketing Beef Cattle Practice |
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555 | (5) |
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| Appendix I Vade Mecum of Cattle Conditions |
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| Index |
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