Contents:
Part 1.Principles. 1.Key issues in dairy herd health management. John Remnant, James Breen, Peter Down, Chris Hudson and Martin Green. 2.Key issues and challenges in diseases surveillance in dairy cattle. Lorenzo E. Herández-Castellano, Klaus L. Ingvartsen and Mogens A. Krogh, 3.Advances in techniques for health monitoring.disease detection in dairy cattle. Michael Iwersen and Marc Drillich. 4.Data-drive decision support tools in dairy herd health. Victor E. Cabrera. Part 2.Prerequisites. 5.Advances in understanding response in diary cattle. Bonnie Mallard, Mehdi Emam, Shannon Cartwright, Tess Altvater-Hughes, Alexandra Livernois, Lauri Wagter-Lesperance, Douglas C. Hodgins and Heba Atalla, Brad HIne, Joshua Aleri, and Andrew Fisher. 6.Dairy cattle welfare and health: an intimate partnership. Clive Phillips. Part 3.Health at difference stages in the life cycle. 7.Optimising reproductive management to maximise dairy herd health and production. Norman B. Williamson. 8.Managing dry cow udder health. Päivi J. Rajala-Schultz, Tariq Halasa. 9.Managing calves/youngstock to optimise dairy herd health, John F. Mee, 10.Managing replacement and culling in dairy herds. Albert De Vries. Part 4.Particular health issues. 11.Optimizing udder health in dairy cattle. Theo J.G.M. Lam, Sarne De Vliegher. 12.Optimising foot health in dairy cattle. Nick J. Bell. 13.Preventing bacterial diseases in dairy cattle. Sheerif S. Aly and Sarah M. Depenbrock.