CALVING MANAGEMENT AND NEWBORN CALF CARE. AN INTERACTIVE TEXTBOOK FOR CATTLE MEDICINE AND OBSTETRICS

• Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology of the Nonpregnant and Pregnant Cow
• Problems and Complications Occurring in Mid and Late Pregnancy
• Normal Birth (Eutocia)
• Dystocia and Other Abnormal Occurrences During Calving
• Assisted Vaginal Delivery and Newborn Calf Care
• Obstetrical Manoeuvres
• Foetotomy
• Caesarean Section
• Puerperal Complications in the Dam
• Cows’ Obstetrical Case Studies in Images
• Self-Evaluation in Calving, Obstetrical and Calf Management Subjects

This comprehensive textbook provides detailed information on calving management in dairy and beef cattle. Enriched with diverse learning opportunities, it conveys the fundamentals of reproductive anatomy and physiology, parturition, birth complications and various obstetrical manoeuvres, as well as dam and calf care. In order to promote best practices in this specialized subject, the book covers all significant points from conception to calving and the perinatal period. Clear chapter structures, a wealth of illustrations and videos, obstetrical case studies, and question-and-answer lists round out the reading experience, making the book a unique source of information on how to support mother cows and obtain viable offspring. In addition, readers can download the free Springer Nature Flashcards App and benefit from 77 digital study questions to test their knowledge.
Calving is a significant event in terms of providing care and nutrition for mother cows and calves. The reproductive health status in cattle farms is crucial to immediately initiate lactation and new conception. Assistance by technical personnel, dystocia and stillbirth occurrences can reach ca. 50%, 14% and 6% of parturitions, respectively. Hence, zootechnical and veterinary management of calving is of great importance for animal welfare.
This textbook makes a valuable contribution to teaching and everyday practice in cattle medicine and obstetrics. Veterinary students, residents, practitioners and technical personnel will discover it to be a rich learning and reference resource.

Features
• Comprehensive textbook and unique learning elements
• With videos, animations and illustrated case studies on pregnancy, obstetrics and foetal dystocia
• Complemented by 77 digital study questions in the free Springer Nature Flashcards App
• Covers dam and calf care during all stages of reproduction
• Links theory to good practice

Authors
• João Simões is a Professor of Large Animal Medicine and Reproduction at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD). As a clinician and academic, he has dedicated 27 years of his professional career to veterinary students and producers, and collaborated with national and European animal production associations. On the basis of this work experience and research, he has written numerous scientific and technical publications. In recent years, he has also edited several books and special issues on animal production and veterinary medicine for scientific journals.
• George Stilwell worked as a practitioner mainly with farm animals for over 15 years before joining the Veterinary Medicine Faculty (FMV) in Lisbon, where he now lectures on Farm Animal Clinics and Deontology and Bioethics. He did his PhD on cattle pain management and is a Diplomate at the European College of Bovine Health Management (ECBHM). He leads the Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research Lab (CIISA-FMV). George has been involved in various European projects on ruminant health and welfare (AWIN, Anicare, BovINE) and in several EFSA working groups. He is a board member of the Portuguese Veterinary Council and has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and several books on farm animal health and welfare.