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Book SynopsisPart I: Veterinary public health aspects of production diseases.- Epidemiology of production diseases.- Societal Attitudes towards Animal Welfare and Livestock Production Diseases.- Antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens from farm animals.- Part II: Metabolic health disorders.- Metabolism and inflammation in dairy cows.- Etiology of oxidative stress in dairy cows.- Ketosis in dairy cows.- Part III: Gastrointestinal disorders.- Displacement of the abomasum.- The gut microbiome in pigs and its impact on animal health.- Physiology of Gut Water Balance and Patho-mechanics of Diarrhea.- Diarrhea in calves.- Infectious Enteric Diseases in Pigs.- Part IV: Respiratory diseases.- Respiratory diseases in calves.- Respiratory diseases in pigs.- Part V: Mammary gland health and Lactation.- Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome in sows: a review.- Mastitis in dairy cows.- Disturbed milk ejection at machine milking and the issues related to exogenous oxytocin in dairy cows.- Part VI: Locomotion disorders.- Lameness in cattle.- Lameness in pigs.- Part VII: Environment, behavior, genetics, and animal welfare.- Associations of behavior and production disease in dairy cattle.- Heat stress in lactating and non-lactating dairy cows.- Feather pecking behavior in laying hens challenges in management and breeding.- Tail-biting in pigs.- Breeding for metabolic robustness and longevity in dairy cows.- Part VIII: Strategies and management tools for disease control.- Milk as diagnostic medium for detection of health disorders in dairy animals.- Consequences of lactation length for health and fertility in dairy cows.- Surveillance and decision making in swine health management.
