Keep your herd healthy, happy, and profitable with expert, state-of-the-art instruction. For novices or experienced ranchers, Storey's comprehensive guide covers everything from rotational grazing and winter feeding to breeding techniques, calving, and health care. Learn how to care for your land and pasture sustainably; handle cattle safely and humanely; choose or build the right fencing, corrals, and other facilities; raise and wean calves and care for pregnant cows; and select and sell quality animals.
Keep your herd healthy, happy, and profitable with expert, state-of-the-art instruction. For novices or experienced ranchers, Storey's comprehensive guide covers everything from rotational grazing and winter feeding to breeding techniques, calving, and health care. Learn how to care for your land and pasture sustainably; handle cattle safely and humanely; choose or build the right fencing, corrals, and other facilities; raise and wean calves and care for pregnant cows; and select and sell quality animals.
Heather Smith Thomas has written extensively on animal health care, authoring thousands of articles and 24 books on the subject. Her books include Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, Essential Guide to Calving, Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle, The Cattle Health Handbook, The Horse Conformation Handbook, Storey’s Guide to Raising Horses, Storey’s Guide to Training Horses, and Stable Smarts. She raises cattle and horses on her family ranch in Salmon, Idaho.
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Foreword by Baxter Black, DVM Chapter 1 Breeds and Genetics: An Overview Choosing Beef Cattle Breeds and Types of Beef Cattle Which Type Is Best? Inheritance of Traits Crossbreeding and Hybrid Vigor Selecting for Certain Characteristics Chapter 2: Handling and Behavior of Beef Cattle Basic Cow Psychology Grazing Behavior Training Cattle Moving Cattle Avoiding Injury Chapter 3: Issues in Buying and Selling Buying a Weaned Calf to Raise for Beef Buying Calves at Auction Buying from a Farmer Buying a Heifer What Makes a Good Beef Cow? Buying Pregnant Heifers or Cows Buying Open Yearlings Marketing Cattle Dealing with Shrink Getting Cattle Ready for Market Chapter 4: General Guidelines for Raising Beef Cattle Understanding Your Calf's Behavior Care for the Weaned Calf Winter Care of the New Calf Summer Care of the Yearling The End Product: Beef Feeds and Finishing Chapter 5: Pasture, Fencing, and Facilities Pastures: Sizes and Types Water Pasture Fencing Pens and Facilities Working in Corrals Feeding Facilities Equipment and Supplies Chapter 6: Feeding Cattle Basic Nutrition Digestion Feeding Forages (Roughages) Nutritional Needs Vary Winter Feeding Chapter 7: Keeping Cattle Healthy Know What a Healthy Animal Looks Like Vaccinations Bovine Respiratory Disease Clostridial Diseases Rabies Coccidiosis Eye Problems Foot Rot Lump Jaw Bony Lump Jaw Mastitis in Beef Cows Hardware Disease Urinary Calculi (Bladder Stones) Bloat Acidosis and Laminitis Poisoning: Toxic Plants Emphysema Nitrate Poisoning Internal Parasites External Parasites Skin Problems Porcupine Quills Snakebite Strangulated Teat from Hairy Udder Chapter 8: Growing and Breeding Heifers Feeding Weaned Heifers Age at Puberty When to Breed Nutrition for the Pregnant Yearling Basics of Reproduction in Cattle Choosing the Bull and Getting the Heifer Bred Chapter 9: Care of the Pregnant Cow Nutrition Disease Prevention Problems of Pregnancy Chapter 10: Calving Create a Safe Environment for Calving Calving Facilities Cold Weather Calving Handling Cows at Calving Time Signs of Approaching Parturition Minimizing Calving Problems: Getting the Calves Born Alive First Things First: Get the Calf Breathing Chapter 11: Care of the Newborn Calf First Breath Care of the Umbilical Cord Helping a Calf to Nurse Importance of Colostrum Helping in Different Situations Chapter 12: Calf Health Calfhood Immunity: The Role of Antibodies Castration Dehorning Detecting Illness in Young Calves Managing Scours Treating Diarrhea and Gut Infections in Calves Pneumonia in Young Calves Diphtheria in Calves Navel Infections and Joint Ill Catching Calves for Doctoring Using an Esophageal Feeder Giving Oral Medications Broken Bones Birth Defects in Young Calves Chapter 13: Weaning the Calves The Importance of When You Wean Stress of Weaning Vaccinations Dehorning Chapter 14: Rebreeding Feeding the Cow after Calving Cow Fertility Use of Bulls Reproductive Behavior of Cows and Bulls Breeding Ability of Bulls Artificial Insemination Glossary Resources Metric Conversion Charts Index
Foreword by Baxter Black, DVM Chapter 1 Breeds and Genetics: An Overview Choosing Beef Cattle Breeds and Types of Beef Cattle Which Type Is Best? Inheritance of Traits Crossbreeding and Hybrid Vigor Selecting for Certain Characteristics Chapter 2: Handling and Behavior of Beef Cattle Basic Cow Psychology Grazing Behavior Training Cattle Moving Cattle Avoiding Injury Chapter 3: Issues in Buying and Selling Buying a Weaned Calf to Raise for Beef Buying Calves at Auction Buying from a Farmer Buying a Heifer What Makes a Good Beef Cow? Buying Pregnant Heifers or Cows Buying Open Yearlings Marketing Cattle Dealing with Shrink Getting Cattle Ready for Market Chapter 4: General Guidelines for Raising Beef Cattle Understanding Your Calf's Behavior Care for the Weaned Calf Winter Care of the New Calf Summer Care of the Yearling The End Product: Beef Feeds and Finishing Chapter 5: Pasture, Fencing, and Facilities Pastures: Sizes and Types Water Pasture Fencing Pens and Facilities Working in Corrals Feeding Facilities Equipment and Supplies Chapter 6: Feeding Cattle Basic Nutrition Digestion Feeding Forages (Roughages) Nutritional Needs Vary Winter Feeding Chapter 7: Keeping Cattle Healthy Know What a Healthy Animal Looks Like Vaccinations Bovine Respiratory Disease Clostridial Diseases Rabies Coccidiosis Eye Problems Foot Rot Lump Jaw Bony Lump Jaw Mastitis in Beef Cows Hardware Disease Urinary Calculi (Bladder Stones) Bloat Acidosis and Laminitis Poisoning: Toxic Plants Emphysema Nitrate Poisoning Internal Parasites External Parasites Skin Problems Porcupine Quills Snakebite Strangulated Teat from Hairy Udder Chapter 8: Growing and Breeding Heifers Feeding Weaned Heifers Age at Puberty When to Breed Nutrition for the Pregnant Yearling Basics of Reproduction in Cattle Choosing the Bull and Getting the Heifer Bred Chapter 9: Care of the Pregnant Cow Nutrition Disease Prevention Problems of Pregnancy Chapter 10: Calving Create a Safe Environment for Calving Calving Facilities Cold Weather Calving Handling Cows at Calving Time Signs of Approaching Parturition Minimizing Calving Problems: Getting the Calves Born Alive First Things First: Get the Calf Breathing Chapter 11: Care of the Newborn Calf First Breath Care of the Umbilical Cord Helping a Calf to Nurse Importance of Colostrum Helping in Different Situations Chapter 12: Calf Health Calfhood Immunity: The Role of Antibodies Castration Dehorning Detecting Illness in Young Calves Managing Scours Treating Diarrhea and Gut Infections in Calves Pneumonia in Young Calves Diphtheria in Calves Navel Infections and Joint Ill Catching Calves for Doctoring Using an Esophageal Feeder Giving Oral Medications Broken Bones Birth Defects in Young Calves Chapter 13: Weaning the Calves The Importance of When You Wean Stress of Weaning Vaccinations Dehorning Chapter 14: Rebreeding Feeding the Cow after Calving Cow Fertility Use of Bulls Reproductive Behavior of Cows and Bulls Breeding Ability of Bulls Artificial Insemination Glossary Resources Metric Conversion Charts Index
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