Ruminant Metabolic Diseases, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1st Edition 

ISBN Number

9780443182266

Main Author

Edited by Robert J. Van Saun, DVM, MS, PhD, DACT, DACVIM

Imprint

Elsevier

Page Count

240

Publication Date

12 May 2023

Description

In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Robert J. Van Saun brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Ruminant Metabolic Diseases. Top experts provide a comprehensive overview of metabolic diseases and treatments in small and large ruminants caused by deficiencies of certain essential nutrients, resulting in disturbances of an animal's normal metabolic state.  

Key Features

Contains 12 practice-oriented topics including inflammation, immunity and transition metabolism; ketosis diagnostics and therapy; beef cattle metabolic diseases; hepatic lipidosis in ruminants; and more. 

Provides in-depth clinical reviews on ruminant metabolic diseases, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. 

Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews. 

Table Of Contents

Ruminant Metabolic Diseases: Perturbed Homeorhesis

Metabolic Factors at the Crossroads of Periparturient Immunity and Inflammation

Methods of Evaluating the Potential Success or Failure of Transition Dairy Cows

Considerations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Early Lactation Calcium Disturbances

Phosphorus Metabolism During Transition

Pregnancy Toxemia in Sheep and Goats

Pregnancy Toxemia Therapeutic Options

Hyperketonemia: A Marker of Disease, a Sign of a High-Producing Dairy Cow, or Both?

Transition Management in Grazing Systems: Pragmatism Before Precision

Metabolic Diseases in Beef Cattle

Urinary Calculi of Small Ruminants

Hepatic Lipidosis in Ruminants

Author Information

Edited by Robert J. Van Saun, DVM, MS, PhD, DACT, DACVIM , Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University