Offering expert advice on nutrition, proper housing, and routine maintenance, Keeping Livestock Healthy covers all the everyday medical care your horses, cattle, pigs, goats, and sheep are likely to require. From vaccines and artificial insemination to detecting and treating Lyme disease, Potomac fever, and bluetongue, you’ll find everything you need to know to keep your animals healthy and thriving. Stressing preventative methods wherever possible, N. Bruce Haynes helps you reduce veterinary costs, increase your self-sufficiency, and boost the productivity of your livestock operation.
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Author's Note to the Third Edition Preface I. Preventing Disease 1. The Nature of Disease 2. Nutrition and Health 3. Housing and Health 4. Animal Reproduction 5. Restraint 6. Physical Examination II. Animal Diseases 7. Diseases Caused by Bacteria 8. Diseases Caused by Viruses 9. Diseases Caused by Yeasts, Molds, and Fungi 10. Diseases Caused by Protozoa 11. Parasitism 12. Metabolic Diseases 13. Deficiency Diseases 14. Miscellaneous Diseases 15. Foreign Animal Diseases III. Appendix Recommended References Glossary IndeX
