Animal Health Books

Animal Health Books
Bovine Meat Inspection	A Grist
Cattle Lameness and Hoofcare: An Illustrated Guide	R Blowey FRCVS
Clinical Dairy Cow Nutrition (CD)	JM Wilkinson and CE Humphreys
The Expectant Dairy Cow	J Hill and A H Andrews
Feeding the Dairy Cow	A T Chamberlain and J M Wilkinson
Footcare in Cattle: Hoof Structure and Trimming	Roger Blowey FRCVS
Goat Health and Welfare - A Veterinary Guide	D G Harwood MRCVS
The Goatkeeper's Veterinary Book	P Dunn MRCVS
Livestock Ethics	Gordon Gatward
Llamas and Alpacas: A Guide to Management	Gina Bromage
Mastitis Control in Dairy Herds	R Blowey FRCVS and P Edmonson FRCVS
Meat Plant Operations	J F Gracey
Ovine Meat Inspection	A Grist
Porcine Meat Inspection	A Grist
Poultry Inspection	A Grist
A Veterinary Book for Dairy Farmers	R Blowey FRCVS

	Bovine Meat Inspection
	A Grist
	Primarily designed as a sourcebook and revision guide for students undertaking examinations in red meat inspection, or other courses in which knowledge of bovine anatomy, diseases and conditions is required, this book will also be a valuable reference for qualified Official Veterinary Surgeons and Meat Inspectors within an abattoir.
	£30.00			ISBN 978-1-904761-75-4
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	Cattle Lameness and Hoofcare: An Illustrated Guide
	Roger Blowey FRCVS Second Edition now available			New edition
	Cattle lameness and overgrown feet are major economic and welfare problems. This book gives the reader a thorough understanding of the structure of the foot, what happens during overgrowth and how this is corrected by foot trimming. Illustrated by detailed drawings and colour photographs.
	£19.95			ISBN 978-1-905523-28-3
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	Clinical Dairy Cow Nutrition (CD)
	JM Wilkinson and CE Humphreys
	Interactive guide to solving nutritional problems with dairy cattle. Included in the CD are sections on nutrition and fertility, feeding the dry cow, and on improving milk yield and composition. Aimed at farmers and veterinary surgeons. CD only.
	£11.95 (incl. £1.56 VAT at 15%)			ISBN 978-0-948617-48-5
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	The Expectant Dairy Cow
	J Hill and A H Andrews
	Authoritative and detailed guide to the health, nutrition and management of the dairy cow from conception to calving. Invaluable if you are involved in milk production.
	£15.95			ISBN 978-0-948617-42-3
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	Feeding the Dairy Cow
	A T Chamberlain and J M Wilkinson
	Comprehensive and best selling guide for farmers and advisers who wish to become more adept at solving nutritional problems and at devising improved diets for efficient milk production. Included is diet formulation computer program.
	£23.95			ISBN 978-0-948617-32-4
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	Footcare in Cattle: Hoof Structure and Trimming
	Roger Blowey FRCVS
	A detailed study of the anatomy of the hoof and practical foot-trimming. In the DVD or video Roger Blowey first Uses laboratory specimens to discuss the structure of the foot, the effects of hoof overgrowth and how this contributes to cow discomfort and ailments such as sole ulcers. Roger then goes on to the farm to demonstrate hoof-trimming to a young farmer.
	£15.95 (incl. £2.08 VAT at 15%)			ISBN Video 978-0-85236-247-1 DVD 978-1-905523-54-2
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	Goat Health and Welfare - A Veterinary Guide
	D G Harwood MRCVS			NEW
	A comprehensive book on general goat health, welfare, behaviour and related management issues. Principal diseases and abnormalities, their causes, main diagnostic signs, treatment and prevention are described. Abnormal behaviour as an early indicator of ill-health, the importance of goat keepers establishing good working relationships with their vets, poisoning and diseases that can be transmitted between goats and man are also included in this important guide for owners, farmers and veterinary surgeons.
	£19.95			ISBN 978- 1-86126-824-2
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	The Goatkeeper's Veterinary Book
	P Dunn MRCVS 4th Edition			New edition
	Practical and easy to use, this book is an essential aid for anyone interested in goat keeping. It contains information on the symptoms and control of all the major goat diseases of temperate climates and places particular emphasis on the prevention of illness through good husbandry. The author gives clear guidelines on when treatment can be given by the goatkeeper and when the vet should be sent for. Colour photographs illustrate how a normal kidding should proceed.
	£17.95			ISBN 978-1-903366-91-8
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	Livestock Ethics
	G Gatward
	The ethical basis for different methods of husbandry is outlined and discussed in this important book. The theme is respect for the animal, which means a duty of care expressed in skilled stockmanship and responsible stewardship. Vital for all involved in farm animals and food production.
	£15.50			ISBN 978-0-948617-46-1
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	Llamas and Alpacas: A Guide to Management
	G Bromage			NEW
	Llamas and Alpacas - A Guide to Management contains all the basic information required in order to keep these animals successfully and provides an invaluable insight into what keeping llamas and alpacas involves in terms of resources, housing, equipment and skills. It assumes no prior knowledge of llamas and alpacas, nor the husbandry of other domesticated species, and is ideal for the uninitiated as well as being a comprehensive reference source for the established camelid keeper.
	£19.95			ISBN 978-1-86126-884-6
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	Mastitis Control in Dairy Herds
	Roger Blowey FRCVS and Peter Edmonson FRCVS
	A comprehensive guide to the udder and teats and how the defense mechanisms of the cow help to counteract disease, how the milking machine functions and its impact on mastitis. With chapters on the environment, summer mastitis, common teat conditions and treatment. The book gives farmers and veterinarian surgeons a thorough understanding of the causes and control of mastitis.
	£24.95			ISBN 978-0-85236-314-0
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	Meat Plant Operations
	J F Gracey
	Guide for operatives, managers, inspectors, teachers, advisers and students who wish to be fully conversant with the techniques and equipment used in meat plants. The legal and scientific issues involved in operating a meat plant to high standards of hygiene and safety are described in detail.
	£18.95			ISBN 978-0-948617-34-8
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	Ovine Meat Inspection
	A Grist
	The full colour photographs make this an invaluable tool for all those for whom knowledge of sheep anatomy, diseases and other conditions is required, including veterinary surgeons and meat inspectors within the abattoir, and also lamb producers who will be receiving condemnation data from these establishments.
	£30.00			ISBN 978-1-904761-38-9
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	Porcine Meat Inspection
	A Grist
	The fourth in the highly acclaimed series of Meat Inspection Handbooks. The full colour photographs make this another invaluable tool for all those for whom knowledge of porcine anatomy, diseases and other conditions is required, including veterinary surgeons and meat inspectors within the abattoir, and also producers who will be receiving condemnation data from these establishments.
	£40.00			ISBN 978-1-904761-46-4
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	Poultry Inspection - Anatomy & Physiology
	A Grist
	The full colour photographs make this an invaluable tool for all those for whom a knowledge of poultry anatomy, diseases and other conditions is required, including veterinary surgeons and meat inspectors within the abattoir, and also poultry producers who will be receiving condemnation data from these establishments.
	£40.00			ISBN 978-1-904761-53-2
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	A Veterinary Book for Dairy Farmers
	Roger Blowey FRCVS			3rd Edition
	Third edition of the standard text for dairy farmers and veterinary surgeons. The purpose of the book is to enable the dairy farmer, beef producer and calf rearer to keep their stock healthy and productive. The emphasis is on the causes of disease and their control by management and stockmanship, so preventive medicine features prominently.
	£34.95			ISBN 978-0-85236-499-4
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