Dairy Cows: Reproduction, Nutritional Management and Diseases

Dairy Cow Reproduction and Health

Dairy Cows: Reproduction, Nutritional Management and Diseases, edited by Catherine T. Hernandez, explores key aspects of dairy cattle reproduction, nutrition, and disease management. It examines strategies for improving reproductive efficiency, understanding perinatal mortality, and using somatic cell counts to assess udder health, milk quality, and productivity. The book also discusses sustainable dairy farming and challenges affecting modern milk production.

Key Features:

• Covers reproduction and nutritional management in dairy cows
• Explores strategies to improve reproductive efficiency
• Examines causes and classification of bovine perinatal mortality
• Discusses nutritional approaches to support cow health and productivity
• Explains the importance of somatic cell counts
• Addresses udder health and milk quality management
• Examines differences in productivity among dairy cattle breeds
• Explores sustainable dairy farming under global environmental change
• Highlights the relationship between health and milk production
• Useful for veterinarians, dairy farmers, researchers, and animal science students