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Essential Guide to Calving: Giving Your Beef or Dairy Herd a Healthy Start
Heather Smith Thomas
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Description for Essential Guide to Calving: Giving Your Beef or Dairy Herd a Healthy Start
Paperback. Healthy pregnancies, safe births, and thriving calves are critical to every cattle operation, and in remote farm locations, the veterinarian is not always readily available. The author covers various routine situations likely to arise before, during, and after calving. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: TVHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 948.
Whether you keep a single milk cow or care for a large herd, you’ll benefit from this comprehensive guide to calving. With expert advice gained from decades of hands-on experience, Heather Smith Thomas shows you how to effectively handle a variety of common situations likely to arrive before, during, and after calving. From spotting pregnancy issues and monitoring routine births to easing difficult deliveries and treating postpartum complications, you’ll gain the knowledge and confidence to safely handle a wide variety of calving procedures.
Whether you keep a single milk cow or care for a large herd, you’ll benefit from this comprehensive guide to calving. With expert advice gained from decades of hands-on experience, Heather Smith Thomas shows you how to effectively handle a variety of common situations likely to arrive before, during, and after calving. From spotting pregnancy issues and monitoring routine births to easing difficult deliveries and treating postpartum complications, you’ll gain the knowledge and confidence to safely handle a wide variety of calving procedures.
Product Details
Publisher
Workman Publishing United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
948g
Number of Pages
325
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781580177061
SKU
V9781580177061
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Heather Smith Thomas
Heather Smith Thomas has written extensively on animal health care, authoring thousands of articles and 24 books on the subject. Her books include Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, Essential Guide to Calving, Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle, The Cattle Health Handbook, The Horse Conformation Handbook, Storey’s Guide to Raising Horses, Storey’s Guide to Training Horses, and Stable ... Read more
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