How is the due date estimated? How do we know when the cow begins the prepartum period? When is professional assistance required? These are some of many questions that may arise during calving. For this reason, Servet has decided to publish this book that answers the main questions regarding calving in a simple and easy way. In this original book, you will find the essential features that need to be taken into consideration during gestation, calving and the postpartum period in order to deal with calving successfully, avoid dystocia and increase the survival rate of the calves.
How is the due date estimated? When is professional assistance required? These are some of the questions that may arise during calving.This book answers all of them in a simple and easy way. In this practical book, you will find the essential features that need to be taken into consideration during gestation, calving and the postpartum period in order to deal with calving successfully.
Authors:
J.V. GONZÁLEZ-MARTÍN, L. ELVIRA AND N. PÉREZ VILLALOBOS.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
Dystocia
Associated costs
Causes
Associated factors
Types
Plan of action
2. The gestation
Physiology
Duration of the gestation
Handling
Key facts for heifer ́s mating
The mother’s body condition
Feeding during the prepartum
Vaccination of the mothers
Diseases
Possible problems before calving
3. Calving
Normal physiology during calving: the eutocic
delivery
External signs of the proximity of delivery
Stages of the eutocic delivery
Presentations
The delivery room
Features of the delivery room
Types of delivery rooms
The problematic delivery: dystocia
When to examine the cow
How to examine the cow during calving
When to call the vet
Causes, types and how to perform
Materno-fetal disproportion
Abnormal positioning of the calve
The delivery of twins
The malformations of the calve
Causes, types and how to perform
Forced extraction of the calve
4. The postpartum
The mother
Physiology of the postpartum
Handling in the postpartum
Problems of the cow during postpartum
The calve
Physiology: the healthy calve
Problems of the calve
Reanimation of the calve
Examination of the calve
Handling of the newborn calve
Umbilical cord care
Colostrum intake
5. Appendix
6. Bibliography
Data sheet
Specific References
How is the due date estimated? How do we know when the cow begins the prepartum period? When is professional assistance required? These are some of many questions that may arise during calving. For this reason, Servet has decided to publish this book that answers the main questions regarding calving in a simple and easy way. In this original book, you will find the essential features that need to be taken into consideration during gestation, calving and the postpartum period in order to deal with calving successfully, avoid dystocia and increase the survival rate of the calves.
