The intended audience is animal science and veterinary science students and faculty studying periparturient diseases. This book provides an introduction to omics -- genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics. It also describes a paradigm shift from looking at diseases at an individual component level, such as a calcium deficiency, to a systems-based approach, such as the transition cow pathobiology. This book is most suitably used as an adjunct to postgraduate studies. (Tessa Marshall, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2018)