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Book SynopsisBlackwell''s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, Second Edition keeps practitioners completely current with the latest in disease management for ruminants and camelids.
- Updates the first all-in-one ruminant resource designed specifically for quick information retrieval
- Provides identically formatted topics for easy searching by alphabetical listing or by discipline, with each topic indicating the species affected
- Offers fast access to the accumulated wisdom of hundreds of veterinary experts
- Adds more than 100 new topics, with significant revisions to existing topics
- Includes access to a companion website with additional topics, client education handouts, and figures
Table of ContentsAbomasal Emptying Defect in Sheep 1
Abomasal Impaction 3
Abomasal Ulceration 5
Abortion: Bacterial 7
Abortion: Bovine 9
Abortion: Camelid 11
Abortion: Farmed Cervidae 13
Abortion: Small Ruminant 16
Abortion: Viral, Fungal, and Nutritional 19
Actinobacillosis: Wooden Tongue 21
Actinomycosis: Lumpy Jaw 23
Acupuncture 24
Acute Renal Failure 26
Agricultural Chemical Toxicities 27
Agricultural Practices Contributing to Disease∗
Agroterrorism∗
Akabane 29
Alternative Medicine∗
Anaphylaxis 31
Anaplasmosis 32
Anemia, Nonregenerative 33
Anemia, Regenerative 35
Anesthesia: Inhalation 38
Anesthesia: Injectable 40
Anesthesia: Local and Regional 43
Anestrus 45
Angular Limb Deformity 47
Animal Disease Traceability (ADT)∗
Animal Welfare∗
Anthelmintic Resistance 50
Anthrax 52
Arsenic Toxicosis 54
Arthrogryposis 56
Artificial Insemination: Bovine 59
Artificial Insemination: Camelid∗
Artificial Insemination: Cervidae∗
Artificial Insemination: Small Ruminant 61
Aspiration Pneumonia 63
Atypical Interstitial Pneumonia 65
Avocado Toxicosis 67
Babesiosis 68
Bacillary Hemoglobinuria 71
Bacterial Endocarditis 73
Bacterial Meningitis 76
Beef Bull Management∗
Beef Herd Records∗
Beef Herd Reproductive Worksheets∗
Biosecurity: Beef Cow/Calf∗
Biosecurity: Cervidae∗
Biosecurity: Dairy∗
Biosecurity: Goats∗
Biosecurity: Research Herds∗
Biosecurity: Sheep∗
Bison: Bacterial Diseases 78
Bison: Clinical Examination and Treatment∗
Bison: Management∗
Bison: Parasitic Diseases 81
Bison: Viral Diseases 83
Black Locust Toxicity 86
Bloat 87
Blood Chemistry∗
Blue-Green Algae Poisoning 89
Bluetongue Virus 91
Body Condition Scoring: Alpacas and Llamas∗
Body Condition Scoring: Beef∗
Body Condition Scoring: Camels∗
Body Condition Scoring: Cervidae∗
Body Condition Scoring: Dairy Cattle∗
Body Condition Scoring: Goats∗
Body Condition Scoring: Sheep∗
Border Disease 94
Borna Disease 96
Bovine and Ovine Implants∗
Bovine Anthelmintics∗
Bovine Dermatology 98
Bovine Digital Dermatitis 100
Bovine Ephemeral Fever 103
Bovine Leukemia Virus 105
Bovine Papular Stomatitis 107
Bovine Petechial Fever 108
Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus 109
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 111
Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus 113
Bracken Fern Toxicity 117
Brain Assessment and Dysfunction∗
Brassica spp. Toxicity 119
Breeding Soundness Examination: Bull 122
Breeding Soundness Examination: Camelids 124
Breeding Soundness Examination: Cervidae 128
Breeding Soundness Examination: Small Ruminant 130
Brisket Disease 132
Brucellosis 134
Buckeye (Aesculus spp.) Toxicity 136
Burn Management 137
Cache Valley Virus 140
Calf Diphtheria/Necrotic Stomatitis 142
Camel Diseases 145
Camel Management and Health Programs 149
Camelid: Dentistry 152
Camelid: Dermatology 154
Camelid: Gastrointestinal Disease 158
Camelid: Heat Stress 160
Camelid: Parasitology 162
Camelid: Reproduction 165
Camelid: Venipuncture∗
Campylobacter 169
Candidiasis 172
Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus 174
Carbamate Toxicity 177
Cardiac Failure 179
Cardiotoxic Plants 181
Caseous Lymphadenitis (CLA) 184
Castor Bean Toxicity 187
Castration/Vasectomy: Bovine 188
Castration/Vasectomy: Camelid 190
Castration/Vasectomy: Small Ruminant 192
Caudal Vena Caval Thrombosis Syndrome 194
Cecal Dilation and Volvulus 196
Cervidae: Captive Management 198
Cervidae: Capture Myopathy 201
Cervidae: Chronic Wasting Disease 203
Cervidae: Game Park Management, Facilities 205
Cervidae Mortality 208
Cervidae: Reproduction 211
Cesarean Section: Bovine 213
Cesarean Section: Camelid 215
Cesarean Section: Small Ruminant 217
Chlamydiosis 219
Cleaning and Disinfection∗
Clostridial Disease: Gastrointestinal 221
Clostridial Disease: Muscular 223
Clostridial Disease: Nervous System 225
Coccidioidomycosis 228
Coccidiosis 230
Coenurosis 232
Colic: Bovine 234
Colic: Small Ruminant 236
Colostrum and Milk Replacers∗
Common Pharmacologic Therapies: Adult Dairy Cattle∗
Congenital Defects: Bovine 239
Congenital Defects: Camelid 241
Congenital Defects: Small Ruminant 243
Congenital Ocular Disorders 245
Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia 247
Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia 249
Controlled Substances∗
Copper Deficiency and Toxicity 251
Corkscrew Claw 255
Corneal Disorders 257
Coronavirus 260
Cow-Calf Management∗
Cowpox 263
Cranial Nerve Assessment and Dysfunction∗
Cryptococcosis 265
Cryptosporidiosis 267
Cyanide Toxicosis 269
Dairy Cattle Behavior∗
Dairy Cow Comfort∗
Dairy Economics∗
Dairy Heifer Management Program∗
Dairy Heifer Nutrition: Basics∗
Dairy Informatics∗
Dairy Nutrition: Ration Guidelines for Milking and Dry Cows∗
Dairy Record Evaluation∗
Dairy Reproduction∗
Dairy Sheep and Goat Industries∗
Death Camas 271
Dehorning/Cornuectomy∗
Dermatophilosis 272
Dermatophytosis 274
Diarrheal Diseases: Bovine 276
Diarrheal Diseases: Camelid 278
Diarrheal Diseases: Small Ruminant 280
Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and Response∗
Displaced Abomasum 282
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy 285
Down Bovine 287
Down Camelid 289
Down Small Ruminant 292
Drug Hypersensitivities 294
Drug Interactions 296
Drug Residues in Milk∗
Drug Storage Requirements and Veterinarian-Client-Patient Relationship (VCPR)∗
Drug Toxicities 298
Dystocia: Bovine 300
Dystocia: Camelid 302
Dystocia: Small Ruminant 304
Echinococcosis 306
Economics: Net Present Value∗
Economics: Partial Budgeting∗
Embryo Transfer: Bovine 308
Embryo Transfer: Camelid 310
Embryo Transfer: Small Ruminant 312
Emesis 314
Employee Management∗
Endocrine Disorders 316
Endometritis 318
Enucleation/Exenteration∗
Environment and Mastitis∗
Enzootic Ataxia 321
Enzootic Pneumonia of Calves 323
Epidemiologic Study Designs∗
Epidemiology: Clinical Versus Statistical Significance∗
Epidemiology: Diagnostic Test Use∗
Epidemiology: Informatics∗
Epidemiology of Mastitis∗
Epidemiology: Risk Analysis∗
Epidemiology: Systematic Approach to Disease Outbreak Investigations∗
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 325
Erythrocytosis (Polycythemia) 327
Escherichia coli 330
Esophageal Disorders 332
Estrus Synchronization: Bovine 335
Estrus Synchronization: Small Ruminant 337
Evaluating Corn Silages for Feed Value∗
Ewe Flock Nutrition∗
Extra-label Drug Use and Compounding∗
Failure of Passive Transfer 339
Fatty Liver 341
Feed Additives∗
Feeding By-Products to the Beef Cow Herd∗
Feeding for Milk Components∗
Fescue Toxicity 343
Floppy Kid Syndrome 345
Fluid Therapy: Intravenous 347
Fluid Therapy: Oral 350
Fluoride Toxicity 353
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD)∗
Foot and Mouth Disease 355
Foot Rot: Bovine 357
Foot Rot: Small Ruminant 359
Freemartinism 361
Frostbite 363
Fungal Tremorgens 365
Gaseous Toxicities∗
Gastrointestinal Pharmacology∗
Gastrointestinal Surgeries: Laparotomy∗
Gastrointestinal Surgeries: Rumenotomy/Rumenostomy∗
Goat Milk Quality∗
Goat Nutrition∗
Gossypol Toxicosis 367
Grass Tetany/Hypomagnesemia 369
Grayanotoxin 371
HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point)∗
Haemonchosis 372
Hazardous Materials Spills Awareness and Response∗
Heartwater (Cowdriosis) 376
Heat Stress 378
Heavy Metal Toxicosis 380
Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome 384
Hemotropic Mycoplasmas (Formerly Eperythrozoonosis) 386
Hereditary Chondrodysplasia: Ovine 388
Hernia Surgery∗
Histophilus somni Complex 390
Hydrometra 394
Hydrops 396
Hypocalcemia: Bovine 398
Hypocalcemia: Small Ruminant 401
Indigestion 403
Induction of Parturition 405
Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis 407
Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis 410
Infectious Pustular Vulvovaginitis 412
Infertility and Subfertility Issues 414
Injection Site Lesions 416
Iodine Deficiency and Toxicity 418
Jimsonweed Toxicity (Datura stramonium) 420
Johne’s Disease 421
Juvenile Llama Immunodeficiency Syndrome 423
Ketosis: Dairy Cattle 425
Lactation Failure (Dysgalactia, Agalactia, Hypogalactia) 428
Lameness: Bovine 430
Lameness: Camelid 433
Lameness: Small Ruminant 435
Laminitis in Cattle 437
Lantana Toxicosis 439
Lead Toxicosis 441
Leptospirosis 444
Leukocyte Responses in Cattle 447
Lightning Strike 451
Listeriosis 453
Liver Abscesses 455
Liver Flukes 458
Low-Fat Milk Syndrome 462
Lumpy Skin Disease 464
Lupine Toxicity 466
Lymphocytosis 468
Lymphosarcoma 470
Maedi-Visna (Ovine Progressive Pneumonia) 473
Malignant Catarrhal Fever 476
Management of Gunshot Wounds 478
Managing Neglect Cases∗
Manure Management and Environmental Planning∗
Manure Microbiology and Zoonosis∗
Mastitis: Bulk Tank Monitoring and Somatic Cell Counts∗
Mastitis: Camelids 480
Mastitis: Coliform 482
Mastitis: Fungal 484
Mastitis: Involvement of Milking Equipment and Stray Voltage∗
Mastitis: Milking Procedures and Teat Disinfection∗
Mastitis: Minor Bacteria 486
Mastitis: Monitoring∗
Mastitis: Mycoplasmal 488
Mastitis: No Growth 491
Mastitis: Pharmacology∗
Mastitis: Small Ruminant 493
Mastitis: Staphylococcal 496
Mastitis: Streptococcal 498
Melioidosis 501
Metaldehyde Toxicosis 503
Metritis 505
Microbiologic Sampling∗
Milk Cow Nutrition Monitoring∗
Milk Quality and Composition∗
Milk Vein Rupture 508
Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) Toxicosis 509
Molybdenum Toxicity 511
Monensin Toxicity 513
Mycoplasma bovis Associated Diseases 516
Mycotoxins 518
Nairobi Sheep Disease 522
Nematodirosis 524
Neonatal Diarrhea 526
Neonatal Septic Arthritis 529
Neonatology: Beef 531
Neonatology: Camelid 533
Neonatology: Caprine 535
Neonatology: Dairy Cattle∗
Neonatology: Ovine∗
Neosporosis 537
Nightshade (Solanum spp.) Toxicosis 539
Nitrate and Nitrite Toxicosis 540
Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)∗
Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases: Beef 542
Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases: Camelid∗
Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases: Cervidae 544
Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases: Dairy 546
Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases: Small Ruminant 548
Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases: Water Buffalo 550
Nutritional Assessment∗
Oak (Quercus spp.) Toxicity 553
Oestrus ovis Infestation 555
Oleander and Cardiotoxic Plant Toxicity 557
Oral Disorders 560
Orchitis and Epididymitis 562
Orf (Contagious Ecthyma) 564
Organophosphate Toxicity 566
Osteochondrosis 568
Ostertagiasis 570
Otitis Media/Interna 573
Ovarian Cystic Degeneration 576
Ovarian Hypoplasia, Bursal Disease, Salpingitis 578
Ovine Encephalomyelitis (Louping Ill) 580
Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma 582
Oxalate Toxicity 584
Pain Management∗
Parainfluenza-3 Virus 586
Parasite Control Programs: Beef 588
Parasite Control Programs: Camelid 590
Parasite Control Programs: Dairy 594
Parasite Control Programs: Small Ruminant 596
Parasitic Pneumonia 600
Parasitic Skin Diseases: Bovine 602
Parasitic Skin Diseases: Camelid 605
Parasitic Skin Diseases: Small Ruminant 609
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (Meningeal Worm) 612
Parenteral Nutrition 614
PCR Diagnostics∗
Penile Disorders 617
Penile Hematoma 620
Pericarditis 622
Perinatal Lamb Mortality 625
Peripheral Nerve Assessment and Dysfunction∗
Peste des Petits Ruminants 628
Petroleum Product Poisoning 630
Pharmaceutical Use: Legal Issues∗
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics∗
Phenoxyl Toxicity 632
Phosphorus Deficiency/Excess 634
Photosensitization 637
Pine Needle Toxicity 641
Plants Producing Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 643
Poison Hemlock (Conium spp.) Toxicity 645
Polyarthritis 647
Postpartum Disorders 649
Postparturient Hemoglobinuria 651
Postparturient Paresis (Hypocalcemia) 653
Precocious Udder 655
Pregnancy Diagnosis: Bovine 657
Pregnancy Diagnosis: Camelid 659
Pregnancy Diagnosis: Small Ruminant 661
Pregnancy Toxemia: Bovine 663
Pregnancy Toxemia: Camelid 666
Pregnancy Toxemia: Small Ruminant 668
Prolonged Pregnancy 671
Protein Nutrition 673
Prudent Use of Antimicrobials∗
Pseudocowpox 675
Pseudorabies 677
Pyelonephritis 679
Pyometra 681
Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids 683
Q Fever (Coxiellosis) 685
Quality Assurance for Meat Goats∗
Quality Assurance Programs for Beef and Dairy∗
Rabies 688
Reading and Evaluating Scientific Literature∗
Rectal Prolapse 690
Reindeer Management: Overview 691
Reindeer Management: Population Dynamics 693
Repeat Breeder Management 695
Reproductive Pharmacology 697
Reproductive Prolapse 700
Reproductive Tumors 702
Reproductive Ultrasonography: Bovine∗
Reproductive Ultrasonography: Camelid∗
Reproductive Ultrasonography: Small Ruminant∗
Respiratory Disease: Bovine 705
Respiratory Disease: Camelid 707
Respiratory Disease: Pharmacology∗
Respiratory Disease: Small Ruminant 710
Retained Placenta 712
Rift Valley Fever 715
Rinderpest∗
Ringwomb 717
Rodenticide Toxicity 719
Rotavirus 723
Rumen Dysfunction: Alkalosis 726
Rumen Fluid Analysis∗
Rumen Transfaunation∗
Ruminal Acidosis 727
Ryegrass Staggers (Perennial, Lolitrem B) 730
Salmonellosis 731
Sarcocystosis 734
Schmallenberg Virus 736
Scrapie 738
Segmental Aplasia of the Reproductive Tract 741
Selenium Toxicity 743
Selenium/Vitamin E Deficiency 746
Seminal Vesiculitis 749
Senna Species 752
Serology∗
Sheep and Goat Pox 754
Sheep Genetics and Selection∗
Silage: Harvesting, Storing, and Feeding∗
Small Ruminant Dermatology 756
Snakebite 758
Sodium Disorders: Hypernatremia 761
Sodium Disorders: Hyponatremia 762
Sole Lesions in Dairy Cattle 763
Spinal Column and Cord Assessment and Dysfunction∗
Squamous Cell Carcinoma 766
St. John’s Wort Toxicity 769
Starvation 771
Strongyloidiasis 773
Strychnine Poisoning 776
Sulfur Toxicity 777
Sweet Clover Poisoning 779
Sweet Potato Poisoning 780
Teaser Preparation 781
Teat Lacerations 783
Teat Lesions 785
Teratogens 787
Testicular Disorders: Bovine 790
Testicular Disorders: Camelid 792
Testicular Disorders: Small Ruminant 794
Thelaziasis 796
Therapeutics in Male Reproduction: Semen∗
Tick Paralysis 797
Tobacco Toxicosis 799
Tongue Trauma 800
Total Mixed Ration: Dairy∗
Toxicology: Herd Outbreaks 801
Tracheal Edema (“Honker”) Syndrome 803
Transition Cow Management∗
Traumatic Reticuloperitonitis 805
Tremetol: White Snakeroot and Rayless Goldenrod 807
Trichomoniasis 809
Trypanosomiasis 812
Tuberculosis: Bovine 814
Ulcerative Posthitis and Vulvitis 816
Ultrasonography: Mammary 818
Umbilical Disorders 820
Urea Toxicity 823
Ureaplasma 826
Urolithiasis 828
Uterine Anomalies 831
Uterine Artery Rupture 832
Uterine Prolapse 833
Uterine Torsion: Bovine 835
Uterine Torsion: Camelid 837
Uterine Torsion: Small Ruminant 839
Vaccination Programs: Beef Cattle 841
Vaccination Programs: Camelid 844
Vaccination Programs: Cervidae 846
Vaccination Programs: Dairy Cattle 848
Vaccination Programs: Small Ruminant 850
Vaccinology∗
Vagal Indigestion 852
Vaginitis 856
Vesicular Stomatitis 858
Veterinarian Legal Liabilities∗
Vitamin A Deficiency/Toxicosis 860
Vitamin B Deficiency 862
Vitamin D Deficiency/Toxicosis 864
Vomitoxin 866
Vulvitis 868
Wastewater Management: Milking Centers∗
Water Buffalo Diseases 869
Water Buffalo Management 871
Water Buffalo Parasite Issues 873
Water Buffalo: Reproduction 875
Water Hemlock 877
Water Quality Issues 878
Weight Loss: Bovine 880
Weight Loss: Camelid 882
Weight Loss: Small Ruminant 884
Wesselsbron Disease 886
Winter Dysentery 888
Wool Rot 890
Wound Management 892
Yak Management and Disease 894
Yak Reproduction 897
Yew Toxicity 899
Zinc Deficiency and Toxicity 900
Appendices 903
Appendix 1: Client Communication 905
Appendix 2: Euthanasia and Disposal 908
Appendix 3: Medical Waste Management: Expired Drugs 910
Appendix 4: Physical Examination: Bovine 912
Appendix 5: Physical Examination: Camelid 917
Appendix 6: Physical Examination: Small Ruminant 920
Index 923
