Handbook of Livestock Management 4e

For courses in Animal Management. Now in paperback, Handbook of Livestock Management, Fourth Edition, discusses a wide range of species and topics, showing step-by-step how to perform the skills and techniques essential for those in animal management. Taking a hands-on approach, it reflects the author's authoritative experience and emphasizes how to maintain and maximize an animal's well-being and productivity. Over 800 illustrations, external parts and skeletal drawings, and new photographs offer readers a close look at each species and each livestock management technique. Chapters on cattle, swine, horses, sheep, goats, poultry, livestock restraint and herd health make this a complete handbook for students of animal science, veterinary science and vocational agriculture. For courses in Animal Management. Now in paperback, Handbook of Livestock Management, Fourth Edition, discusses a wide range of species and topics, showing step-by-step how to perform the skills and techniques essential for those in animal management. Taking a hands-on approach, it reflects the author's authoritative experience and emphasizes how to maintain and maximize an animal's well-being and productivity. Over 800 illustrations, external parts and skeletal drawings, and new photographs offer readers a close look at each species and each livestock management technique. Chapters on cattle, swine, horses, sheep, goats, poultry, livestock restraint and herd health make this a complete handbook for students of animal science, veterinary science and vocational agriculture. A wide range of species, topics, and techniques-are presentedin one complete handbook.Features chapters on beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, horses, sheep, goats, poultry, livestock restraint and herd health.Covers all aspects of each species from breeding and conception through their complete lifecycle. Consistent chapter structure-makes material easier to find.Follows a predictable format that includes an introduction to each technique, lists of necessary equipment, a discussion of required restraint, cautionary notes at appropriate danger points, a description of the normal recovery sequence, and a discussion of postprocedural management. A focus on maintaining animal well-being and productivity-is a hallmark of this text.Recommends techniques that are best for both the livestock manager and the animal.Provides cautionary notes at appropriate danger points with each step-by-step procedure. Over 800 illustrations-support verbal directions and instructions.Reinforce the text's hand-on approach.Give students a visual representation of proper livestock management techniques. Skeletal drawings-are labeled in the appendix.Help students become familiar with the anatomy of each species.