Blackwells Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant

Preface

Acknowledgments

Consulting Editors

Contributors

About the Companion Website

Contents

Contents by Subject

Section A

1 Abomasal Emptying Defect in Sheep

2 Abomasal Impaction

3 Abomasal Ulceration

4 Abortion: Bacterial

5 Abortion: Bovine

6 Abortion: Camelid

7 Abortion: Farmed Cervidae

8 Abortion: Small Ruminant

9 Abortion: Viral, Fungal, And Nutritional

10 Actinobacillosis: Wooden Tongue

11 Actinomycosis: Lumpy Jaw

12 Acupuncture

13 Acute Renal Failure

14 Agricultural Chemical Toxicities

15 Akabane

16 Anaphylaxis

17 Anaplasmosis

18 Anemia, Nonregenerative

19 Anemia, Regenerative

20 Anesthesia: Inhalation

21 Anesthesia: Injectable

22 Anesthesia: Local And Regional

23 Anestrus

24 Angular Limb Deformity

25 Anthelmintic Resistance

26 Anthrax

27 Arsenic Toxicosis

28 Arthrogryposis

29 Artificial Insemination: Bovine

30 Artificial Insemination: Small Ruminant

31 Aspiration Pneumonia

32 Atypical Interstitial Pneumonia

33 Avocado Toxicosis

Section B

1 Babesiosis

2 Bacillary Hemoglobinuria

3 Bacterial Endocarditis

4 Bacterial Meningitis

5 Bison: Bacterial Diseases

6 Bison: Parasitic Diseases

7 Bison: Viral Diseases

8 Black Locust Toxicity

9 Bloat

10 Blue-Green Algae Poisoning

11 Bluetongue Virus

12 Border Disease

13 Borna Disease

14 Bovine Dermatology

15 Bovine Digital Dermatitis

16 Bovine Ephemeral Fever

17 Bovine Leukemia Virus

18 Bovine Papular Stomatitis

19 Bovine Petechial Fever

20 Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus

21 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

22 Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus

23 Bracken Fern Toxicity

24 Brassica spp. Toxicity

25 Breeding Soundness Examination: Bull

26 Breeding Soundness Examination: Camelids

27 Breeding Soundness Examination: Cervidae

28 Breeding Soundness Examination: Small Ruminant

29 Brisket Disease

30 Brucellosis

31 Buckeye (Aesculus spp.) Toxicity

32 Burn Management

Section C

1 Cache Valley Virus

2 Calf Diphtheria/Necrotic Stomatitis

3 Camel Diseases

4 Camel Management and Health Programs

5 Camelid: Dentistry

6 Camelid: Dermatology

7 Camelid: Gastrointestinal Disease

8 Camelid: Heat Stress

9 Camelid: Parasitology

10 Camelid: Reproduction

11 Campylobacter

12 Candidiasis

13 Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus

14 Carbamate Toxicity

15 Cardiac Failure

16 Cardiotoxic Plants

17 Caseous Lymphadenitis

18 Castor Bean Toxicity

19 Castration/Vasectomy: Bovine

20 Castration/Vasectomy: Camelid

21 Castration/Vasectomy: Small Ruminant

22 Caudal Vena Caval Thrombosis Syndrome

23 Cecal Dilation and Volvulus

24 Cervidae: Captive Management

25 Cervidae: Capture Myopathy

26 Cervidae: Chronic Wasting Disease

27 Cervidae: Game Park Management, Facilities

28 Cervidae Mortality

29 Cervidae: Reproduction

30 Cesarean Section: Bovine

31 Cesarean Section: Camelid

32 Cesarean Section: Small Ruminant

33 Chlamydiosis

34 Clostridial Disease: Gastrointestinal

35 Clostridial Disease: Muscular

36 Clostridial Disease: Nervous System

37 Coccidioidomycosis

38 Coccidiosis

39 Coenurosis

40 Colic: Bovine

41 Colic: Small Ruminant

42 Congenital Defects: Bovine

43 Congenital Defects: Camelid

44 Congenital Defects: Small Ruminant

45 Congenital Ocular Disorders

46 Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia

47 Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia

48 Copper Deficiency and Toxicity

49 Corkscrew Claw

50 Corneal Disorders

51 Coronavirus

52 Cowpox

53 Cryptococcosis

54 Cryptosporidiosis

55 Cyanide Toxicosis

Section D

1 Death Camas

2 Dermatophilosis

3 Dermatophytosis

4 Diarrheal Diseases: Bovine

5 Diarrheal Diseases: Camelid

6 Diarrheal Diseases: Small Ruminant

7 Displaced Abomasum

8 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy

9 Down Bovine

10 Down Camelid

11 Down Small Ruminant

12 Drug Hypersensitivities

13 Drug Interactions

14 Drug Toxicities

15 Dystocia: Bovine

16 Dystocia: Camelid

17 Dystocia: Small Ruminant

Section E

1 Echinococcosis

2 Embryo Transfer: Bovine

3 Embryo Transfer: Camelid

4 Embryo Transfer: Small Ruminant

5 Emesis

6 Endocrine Disorders

7 Endometritis

8 Enzootic Ataxia

9 Enzootic Pneumonia of Calves

10 Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus

11 Erythrocytosis (Polycythemia)

12 Escherichia coli

13 Esophageal Disorders

14 Estrus Synchronization: Bovine

15 Estrus Synchronization: Small Ruminant

Section F

1 Failure of Passive Transfer

2 Fatty Liver

3 Fescue Toxicity

4 Floppy Kid Syndrome

5 Fluid Therapy: Intravenous

6 Fluid Therapy: Oral

7 Fluoride Toxicity

8 Foot and Mouth Disease

9 Foot Rot: Bovine

10 Foot Rot: Small Ruminant

11 Freemartinism

12 Frostbite

13 Fungal Tremorgens

Section G

1 Gossypol Toxicosis

2 Grass Tetany/Hypomagnesemia

3 Grayanotoxin

Section H

1 Haemonchosis

2 Heartwater (Cowdriosis)

3 Heat Stress

4 Heavy Metal Toxicosis

5 Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome

6 Hemotropic Mycoplasmas (Formerly Eperythrozoonosis)

7 Hereditary Chondrodysplasia: Ovine

8 Histophilus somni Complex

9 Hydrometra

10 Hydrops

11 Hypocalcemia: Bovine

12 Hypocalcemia: Small Ruminant

Section I

1 Indigestion

2 Induction of Parturition

3 Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis

4 Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis

5 Infectious Pustular Vulvovaginitis

6 Infertility and Subfertility Issues

7 Injection Site Lesions

8 Iodine Deficiency and Toxicity

Section J

1 Jimsonweed Toxicity (Datura stramonium)

2 Johnes Disease

3 Juvenile Llama Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Section K

1 Ketosis: Dairy Cattle

Section L

1 Lactation Failure (Dysgalactia, Agalactia, Hypogalactia)

2 Lameness: Bovine

3 Lameness: Camelid

4 Lameness: Small Ruminant

5 Laminitis in Cattle

6 Lantana Toxicosis

7 Lead Toxicosis

8 Leptospirosis

9 Leukocyte Responses in Cattle

10 Lightning Strike

11 Listeriosis

12 Liver Abscesses

13 Liver Flukes

14 Low-Fat Milk Syndrome

15 Lumpy Skin Disease

16 Lupine Toxicity

17 Lymphocytosis

18 Lymphosarcoma

Section M

1 Maedi-Visna (Ovine Progressive Pneumonia)

2 Malignant Catarrhal Fever

3 Management of Gunshot Wounds

4 Mastitis: Camelids

5 Mastitis: Coliform

6 Mastitis: Fungal

7 Mastitis: Minor Bacteria

8 Mastitis: Mycoplasmal

9 Mastitis: No Growth

10 Mastitis: Small Ruminant

11 Mastitis: Staphylococcal

12 Mastitis: Streptococcal

13 Melioidosis

14 Metaldehyde Toxicosis

15 Metritis

16 Milk Vein Rupture

17 Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) Toxicosis

18 Molybdenum Toxicity

19 Monensin Toxicity

20 Mycoplasma bovis Associated Diseases

21 Mycotoxins

Section N

1 Nairobi Sheep Disease

2 Nematodirosis

3 Neonatal Diarrhea

4 Neonatal Septic Arthritis

5 Neonatology: Beef

6 Neonatology: Camelid

7 Neonatology: Caprine

8 Neosporosis

9 Nightshade (Solanum spp.) Toxicosis

10 Nitrate and Nitrite Toxicosis

11 Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases: Beef

12 Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases: Cervidae

13 Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases: Dairy

14 Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases: Small Ruminant

15 Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases: Water Buffalo

Section O

1 Oak (Quercus spp.) Toxicity

2 Oestrus ovis Infestation

3 Oleander and Cardiotoxic Plant Toxicity

4 Oral Disorders

5 Orchitis and Epididymitis

6 Orf (Contagious Ecthyma)

7 Organophosphate Toxicity

8 Osteochondrosis

9 Ostertagiasis

10 Otitis MediaInterna

11 Ovarian Cystic Degeneration

12 Ovarian Hypoplasia, Bursal Disease, Salpingitis

13 Ovine Encephalomyelitis (Louping Ill)

14 Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma

15 Oxalate Toxicity

Section P

1 Parainfluenza-3 Virus

2 Parasite Control Programs: Beef

3 Parasite Control Programs: Camelid

4 Parasite control Programs: Dairy

5 Parasite Control Programs: Small Ruminant

6 Parasitic Pneumonia

7 Parasitic Skin Diseases: Bovine

8 Parasitic Skin Diseases: Camelid

9 Parasitic Skin Diseases: Small Ruminant

10 Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (Meningeal Worm)

11 Parenteral Nutrition

12 Penile Disorders

13 Penile Hematoma

14 Pericarditis

15 Perinatal Lamb Mortality

16 Peste des Petits Ruminants

17 Petroleum Product Poisoning

18 Phenoxyl Toxicity

19 Phosphorus Deficiency/Excess

20 Photosensitization

21 Pine Needle Toxicity

22 Plants Producing Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

23 Poison Hemlock (Conium spp.) Toxicity

24 Polyarthritis

25 Postpartum Disorders

26 Postparturient Hemoglobinuria

27 Postparturient Paresis (Hypocalcemia)

28 Precocious Udder

29 Pregnancy Diagnosis: Bovine

30 Pregnancy Diagnosis: Camelid

31 Pregnancy Diagnosis: Small Ruminant

32 Pregnancy Toxemia: Bovine

33 Pregnancy Toxemia: Camelid

34 Pregnancy Toxemia: Small Ruminant

35 Prolonged Pregnancy

36 Protein Nutrition

37 Pseudocowpox

38 Pseudorabies

39 Pyelonephritis

40 Pyometra

41 Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids

Section Q

1 Q Fever (Coxiellosis)

Section R

1 Rabies

2 Rectal Prolapse

3 Reindeer Management: Overview

4 Reindeer Management: Population Dynamics

5 Repeat Breeder Management

6 Reproductive Pharmacology

7 Reproductive Prolapse

8 Reproductive Tumors

9 Respiratory Disease: Bovine

10 Respiratory Disease: Camelid

11 Respiratory Disease: Small Ruminant

12 Retained placenta

13 Rift Valley Fever

14 Ringwomb

15 Rodenticide Toxicity

16 Rotavirus

17 Rumen Dysfunction: Alkalosis

18 Ruminal Acidosis

19 Ryegrass Staggers (Perennial, Lolitrem B)

Section S

1 Salmonellosis

2 Sarcocystosis

3 Schmallenberg Virus

4 Scrapie

5 Segmental Aplasia of the Reproductive Tract

6 Selenium Toxicity

7 Selenium/Vitamin E Deficiency

8 Seminal Vesiculitis

9 Senna Species

10 Sheep and Goat Pox

11 Small Ruminant Dermatology

12 Snakebite

13 Sodium Disorders: Hypernatremia

14 Sodium Disorders: Hyponatremia

15 Sole Lesions in Dairy Cattle

16 Squamous Cell Carcinoma

17 St. Johns Wort Toxicity

18 Starvation

19 Strongyloidiasis

20 Strychnine Poisoning

21 Sulfur Toxicity

22 Sweet Clover Poisoning

23 Sweet Potato Poisoning

Section T

1 Teaser Preparation

2 Teat Lacerations

3 Teat Lesions

4 Teratogens

5 Testicular Disorders: Bovine

6 Testicular Disorders: Camelid

7 Testicular Disorders: Small Ruminant

8 Thelaziasis

9 Tick Paralysis

10 Tobacco Toxicosis

11 Tongue Trauma

12 Toxicology: Herd Outbreaks

13 Tracheal Edema (“Honker”) Syndrome

14 Traumatic Reticuloperitonitis

15 Tremetol: White Snakeroot and Rayless Goldenrod

16 Trichomoniasis

17 Trypanosomiasis

18 Tuberculosis: Bovine

Section U

1 Ulcerative Posthitis and Vulvitis

2 Ultrasonography: Mammary

3 Umbilical Disorders

4 Urea Toxicity

5 Ureaplasma

6 Urolithiasis

7 Uterine Anomalies

8 Uterine Artery Rupture

9 Uterine Prolapse

10 Uterine Torsion: Bovine

11 Uterine Torsion: Camelid

12 Uterine Torsion: Small Ruminant

Section V

1 Vaccination Programs: Beef Cattle

2 Vaccination Programs: Camelid

3 Vaccination Programs: Cervidae

4 Vaccination Programs: Dairy Cattle

5 Vaccination Programs: Small Ruminant

6 Vagal Indigestion

7 Vaginitis

8 Vesicular Stomatitis

9 Vitamin A Deficiency/Toxicosis

10 Vitamin B Deficiency

11 Vitamin D Deficiency/Toxicosis

12 Vomitoxin

13 Vulvitis

Section W

1 Water Buffalo Diseases

2 Water Buffalo Management

3 Water Buffalo Parasite Issues

4 Water Buffalo: Reproduction

5 Water Hemlock

6 Water Quality Issues

7 Weight Loss: Bovine

8 Weight Loss: Camelid

9 Weight Loss: Small Ruminant

10 Wesselsbron Disease

11 Winter Dysentery

12 Wool Rot

13 Wound Management

Section Y

1 Yak Management and Disease

2 Yak Reproduction

3 Yew Toxicity

Section Z

1 Zinc Deficiency and Toxicity

Appendices

Appendix 1: Client Communication

Appendix 2: Euthanasia and Disposal

Appendix 3: Medical Waste Management: Expired Drugs

Appendix 4: Physical Examination: Bovine

Appendix 5: Physical Examination: Camelid

Appendix 6: Physical Examination: Small Ruminant

Index

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