This atlas is aimed at bovine medicine practitioners to provide them with an easy to use visual reference of the main pathologies and disorders present in this species. A wide range of the most common diseases and disorders of cattle are illustrated, grouped by organic system and anatomic location, along with a brief description of the aetiology and pathology of each. The atlas includes the main disorders of cattle including congenital malformations, skin disorders, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and respiratory conditions and diseases affecting the locomotor system, the nervous system including the sensory organs and the reproductive apparatus of males and females including the mammary gland.
Author
KEITH CUTLER
Keith Cutler was brought up in the suburbs of London in south-east England and although he had family connections with dairy farming, he was initially determined to work with dogs and cats. Something changed while he was at University and he qualified from veterinary school in Bristol, having gained a first class honours degree in anatomical sciences (majoring on reproductive physiology) along the way, in the summer of 1990. His first job was in the farm animal department of the Endell Veterinary Group in Salisbury, in the central south of England, where he remains to this day. The farm animal team has expanded from four to fourteen veterinary surgeons during this time and his role has changed enormously but his clients and their animals remain as rewarding as ever.
In addition to his clinical work, which involves all aspects of herd health planning and routine and emergency bovine medicine and surgery, he has, since he qualified, studied for and been awarded Diplomat status of the European College of Bovine Health Management, published many papers in various veterinary and agricultural journals and spoken at veterinary and agricultural meetings both at the United Kingdom and abroad. He has also acted as external examiner for the RCVS Certificate in Cattle Health and Production and chair of the technical committee of CHeCS (Cattle Health Certification Standards). He has provided input to various government and industry cattle health initiatives, including BVDFree and Action Johne’s. He is a past-president of the BCVA (British Cattle Veterinary Association) and in 2006 he was awarded the honour of being voted Farmers Weekly Livestock Advisor of the Year. Life has been busy, but his first love (at work!) remains his clients and their animals!
Table of Contents
1. Introduction. An approach to farm animal cases.
2. The cardiovascular system
Congenital disorders
Valvular endocarditis
Pericarditis
Peripheral vasculitis
Babesiosis (redwater fever)
Anaplasmosis (ehrlichiosis)
Bovine leukosis
3. The respiratory system
Enzootic and cuffing pneumonia
Pasteurellosis
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR)
Bovine tuberculosis
Pulmonary thromboembolic disease
Lungworm
4. The gastrointestinal system
Congenital disorders
Neonatal and pre-weaning diarrhoea
Peri-weaning diarrhoea
Coccidiosis
Necrotic enteritis
Bovine papular stomatitis
Vesicular stomatitis
Mucosal disease
Actinobacillosis (“wooden tongue”)
Actinomycosis (“lumpy jaw”)
Oesophageal obstruction (“choke”)
Rumen acidosis
Ruminal impaction
Ruminal tympany (bloat)
Traumatic reticulitis/reticuloperitonitis (“wire disease”)
Vagal indigestion (Hoflund syndrome)
Rumen fluke (paramphistomiasis)
Ostertagiasis
Abomasal ulceration
Abomasal dilation and torsion
Intussusception
Intestinal volvulus/torsion
Caecal dilation and torsion
Rectal prolapse
Johne’s disease (paratuberculosis)
Miscellaneous conditions
Liver diseases
5. Skin and integumentary system
The eye
The skin
6. The musculoskeletal system
Congenital disorders
Conditions affecting the limbs and spine
Conditions affecting the foot
Conditions affecting the skin of the digit
Conditions affecting the horn of the digit
Treatment of deep digital sepsis
7. The mammary gland
8. The urogenital system
The urinary system
The reproductive system
9. The nervous system
Metabolic and deficiency diseases
Viral diseases
Bacterial diseases
Lead poisoning
Congenital disorders
