Állatorvosi, Állattenyésztési, Állatvédelmi jogi és Biológiai szakkönyvek széles kínálata

Szerző:  Juan Vicente González, Natividad Pérez Villalobos

Kiadó: EDRA / SERVET

Nyelv: Angol

ISBN:  9788416315512

Megjelenés:  2016 május

Oldalszám:  192

Kötés: Keménytáblás-cérnafűzött

Illusztrációk: Színes fényképek, táblázatok, diagramok és rajzok

MINTAOLDALAK: KATT

LEÍRÁS:

This book is a comprehensive review of the Bovine RespiratoryDisease (BRD), a condition that causes significant economic losses on cattle farms. It is divided into five chapters, in which important aspects such as epidemiology, predisposing factors, main pathogens involved, diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment of the disease, among other specificities, are addressed. One of the chapters is a compilation of actual clinical cases. Thanks to the authors broad experience in the fields of research and education, this work contains updated information about this disease, whose scientific validity has been established, and is written in a structured way, with a clear didactic style that makes it easy to read. An indispensable book for all the veterinary professionals whose work focuses on cattle.

1. Introduction
BRD: definition and synonyms
Incidence, morbidity, mortality and economic importance

2. Aetiopathogenesis
Epidemiological triad
The host
Environment/stress
Main pathogens involved in BRD
BRD: pathological classification of pneumonia
Interstitial
Bronchopneumonia
Other pneumonias
Upper respiratory tract problems
Evolution

3. Diagnosis
Clinical diagnosis of BRD
Diagnosis of BRD in individual animals
Diagnostic protocols in the herd
Differential diagnosis of BRD
Aetiological diagnosis
Sampling
Laboratory methods
Pathological diagnosis
Necropsy
Presence or absence of lesions
Epidemiological diagnosis

4. Treatment and prevention
Treatment of BRD
Prevention of BRD
Vaccination
Metaphylaxis

5. Resolution of clinical cases: practical examples
BRD caused by M. haemolytica in stocker calves at feedlot entry
BRD caused by P. multocida during brearing
Outbreak of interstitial pneumonia
Outbreak of M. bovis in a poor quality lot
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Embolic pneumonia due to thrombosis of the posterior vena cava