Rebhun's diseases of dairy cattle / 2nd ed.

Front Cover 1
Rebhun's Diseases of Dairy Cattle 4
Copyright Page 5
Contributors 6
Preface 10
Contents 12
Part I: Examination and Assessment 14
CHAPTER 1. The Clinical Examination 16
HISTORY 17
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 18
ANCILLARY TESTS 25
CHAPTER 2. Therapeutics and Routine Procedures 29
VENIPUNCTURE 29
STOMACH TUBES 35
DOSE SYRINGE AND DRENCH BOTTLES 36
ESOPHAGEAL FEEDERS 36
MAGNET RETRIEVERS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS DESIGNED TO RETRIEVE HARDWARE FROM THE RETICULUM 37
ORAL CALCIUM GELS OR PASTES 37
NASOGASTRIC INTUBATION 37
GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF ORAL MEDICATIONS 37
VAGINAL EXAMINATIONS 38
RECTAL EXAMINATIONS 38
URINARY CATHETERIZATION 38
CAUDAL EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA 39
BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS 39
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID COLLECTION 40
ABDOMINAL PARACENTESIS 41
THORACOCENTESIS AND PERICARDIOCENTESIS 43
ABSCESS DRAINAGE 44
LIVER BIOPSY 44
DEHORNING 44
CASTRATION 47
NOSE RING PLACEMENT 48
REMOVAL OF DEWCLAW 49
TAIL AMPUTATION 49
RESTRAINT 49
AN APPROACH TO DAIRY CATTLE RESTRAINT 50
SUGGESTED READINGS 53
Part II: Diseases of Body Systems 54
CHAPTER 3. Cardiovascular Diseases 56
EXAMINATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 56
SPECIFIC CARDIAC DISEASES IN CALVES 61
SPECIFIC CARDIAC DISEASES IN ADULT CATTLE 63
DISEASES OF VEINS 74
DISEASES OF THE ARTERIES 78
DISORDERS OF COAGULATION 84
CAUSES OF FATAL PERACUTE HEMORRHAGE IN CATTLE 89
SUGGESTED READINGS 89
CHAPTER 4. Respiratory Diseases 92
DISEASES OF THE UPPER AIRWAY 92
DISEASES OF THE LOWER AIRWAY 100
SUGGESTED READINGS 140
CHAPTER 5. Noninfectious Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract 143
DISEASES OF THE FORESTOMACH 143
DISEASES OF THE ABOMASUM 169
MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES OF SMALL INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 196
OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASES OF THE CECUM AND COLON 197
DISEASES OF THE DESCENDING COLON AND RECTUM 203
MISCELLANEOUS ABDOMINAL DISORDERS 207
SUGGESTED READINGS 210
CHAPTER 6. Infectious Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract 213
CALVES 213
INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT\u2014ADULTS 253
RECOMMENDED READINGS 302
CHAPTER 7. Skin Diseases 308
INFECTIOUS DISEASES 308
NEOPLASTIC DISEASES 314
ALLERGIC OR IMMUNE-MEDIATED DISEASES 318
MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES OF CATTLE 327
PARASITIC DISEASES 330
SUGGESTED READINGS 339
CHAPTER 8. Diseases of the Teats and Udder 340
UDDER 340
MAMMARY TUMORS 348
TEAT DISEASE 350
CAUSES REQUIRING PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN (TABLE 8-3) 391
KILLING A QUARTER (CHEMICAL DESTRUCTION) OR MASTECTOMY 403
ABNORMAL MILK FLAVOR 404
SUGGESTED READINGS 404
CHAPTER 9. Reproductive Diseases 408
DISEASES OF THE UTERUS 408
DISEASES OF THE UTERINE TUBES OR OVIDUCTS 429
DISEASES OF THE CERVIX 430
VAGINAL, VESTIBULAR, AND VULVAR DISEASES 431
OTHER CAUSES OF INFERTILITY 441
REPRODUCTIVE MONITORING OF DAIRY CATTLE 444
CONDITIONS THAT RESULT IN REDUCED FERTILITY 449
PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS 453
PREPUTIAL AND PENILE INJURY 455
VESICULITIS/SEMINAL VESICULITIS/ VESICULAR ADENITIS 455
SUGGESTED READINGS 456
CHAPTER 10.Urinary Tract Diseases 460
ABNORMAL URINARY CONSTITUENTS AND CONDITIONS 460
RENAL DISEASES 462
SUGGESTED READINGS 479
CHAPTER 11. Musculoskeletal Disorders 480
DIGITAL LAMENESS\u2014LESIONS AND TREATMENTS 480
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF CATTLE DIGITS: WHAT GOES WRONG THAT RESULTS IN LAMENESS 493
LAMENESS ABOVE THE DIGIT\u2014SPORADIC DISEASES 498
OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS 509
SUGGESTED READINGS 515
CHAPTER 12. Neurologic Diseases 517
BOVINE NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION 517
BRAIN 518
INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN 521
DEGENERATIONS: METABOLIC AND TOXIC BRAIN DISEASES 534
INJURY 543
NEOPLASIA 543
SPINAL CORD 543
MALFORMATION 547
INFLAMMATION 548
COMPRESSIVE NEOPLASMS 550
INJURY 552
DEGENERATION 553
FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS 555
PERIPHERAL NERVES 556
THORACIC LIMB 556
PELVIC LIMB 559
CRANIAL NERVES (NERVES VII AND VIII) 564
NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION 567
MUSCLE DISORDERS 569
DIFFUSE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS 569
SUGGESTED READINGS 572
CHAPTER 13. Ocular Diseases 574
DISEASES OF THE ORBIT 574
DISEASES OF THE GLOBE 577
DISEASES OF THE EYELIDS 580
DISEASES OF THE CONJUNCTIVA 583
DISEASES OF THE UVEAL TRACT 593
DISEASES OF THE LENS 595
DISEASES OF THE VITREOUS 596
SUGGESTED READINGS 601
CHAPTER 14. Metabolic Diseases 603
KETOSIS: CAUSES, CLASSIFICATION, AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 603
HYPOCALCEMIA 609
MILK FEVER AS A HERD PROBLEM 611
HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA 613
HYPOMAGNESEMIA 613
HYPOKALEMIA 614
SUGGESTED READINGS 615
APPENDIX Body Condition Scoring 617
CHAPTER 15. Miscellaneous Infectious Diseases 619
CLOSTRIDIAL MYOSITIS 619
BACILLARY HEMOGLOBINURIA (REDWATER) 622
LEPTOSPIROSIS 623
TUBERCULOSIS 625
ULCERATIVE LYMPHANGITIS 627
CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTION 628
BABESIOSIS 629
ANAPLASMOSIS 630
EPERYTHROZOONOSIS (MYCOPLASMOSIS) 632
TICKBORNE FEVER 633
ANTHRAX 633
COXIELLA BURNETII INFECTION (Q FEVER) 634
BRUCELLOSIS 635
BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION (LEUKOSIS) (BOVINE LYMPHOSARCOMA) 637
BOVINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 646
LYME DISEASE 646
SARCOCYSTOSIS 647
HEAT STROKE, HEAT STRESS 648
CHAPTER 16. Miscellaneous Toxicities and Deficiencies 653
SUGGESTED READINGS 663
Legends for Video Clips 666
Index 674