Description
Book SynopsisA comprehensive forage-to-fork book on beef farming that delivers veterinary level information to farmers and farm-related information to vets.
The Veterinary Book for Beef Farmers is a complete guide to farming cattle for protein emphasising good practice, herd health management and disease prevention.
The book begins with an introduction to the beef industry, moving on to health management through cattle life stages – neonatal health, weaned calf health etc. The next section covers disease and production problems through the same life stage format – disease problems in the breeding bull for example. Section 4 covers the monitoring and measurement of disease on the farm and the final section presents the business management of beef farming employing the balanced scorecard method as a management measurement tool. The emphasis throughout is on health maintenance and long term sustainable farming.
Table of ContentsSection 1- Introduction to the Beef Industry: 1.The principles of beef production; 2.The aims of beef production; 3.The limitations of beef production Section 2- Health and management: 4.Neonatal calf health and management; 5.Suckled calf health and management; 6.Weaned calf health and management; 7.Store cattle health and management; 8.Fattening cattle health and management; 9.Heifer replacement health and management; 10.Breeding bull health and management; 11.Suckler cow health and management Section 3- Disease and production failure: 12.Neonatal calf disease and production failure; 13.Suckled calf disease and production failure; 14.Weaned calf disease and production failure; 15.Store cattle disease and production failure; 16.Fattening cattle disease and production failure; 17.Heifer replacement disease and production failure; 18.Breeding bull disease and production failure; 19.Suckler cow disease and production failure Section 4- Health, Production and Efficiency Targets and Interventions: 20.Measuring Health; 21.Disease Incidence; 22.Production Data Section 5- Balanced Score Card for Beef Business: 23.People/lifestyle/education/development/business growth; 24.Business process; 25.Customer experience; 26. Finances
