Description
In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Lee Jones and Joseph C. Dalton bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Management of Bulls. Top experts in the field offer current discussions of assessing the reproductive potential of bulls, diagnosing disease or causes of infertility, and determining appropriate course of treatment or prognosis for recovery of injured bulls. This issue also provides up-to-date information regarding the contribution of sires to success or failure of reproductive programs in beef and dairy herds, and foundational material for success with AI (semen storage, handling, and site of deposition).- Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including semen quality and field fertility (beef and dairy); physical evaluation of the breeding bull; nutrition and development; medical and surgical management of conditions of the penis and prepuce; management of lameness in breeding bulls; genomics and bull fertility; and more.- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on management of bulls, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Table of Contents
Nutrition and Sexual Development in BullsPhysical Evaluation of Beef BullsThe Bull Breeding Soundness Examination and Its Application in the Production SettingField Morphology and InterpretationAncillary Methods for Semen EvaluationMedical and Surgical Management of Conditions of the Penis and PrepuceAbnormalities of the Scrotum and TestesBovine Lameness from the Ground upSexually Transmitted Diseases of BullsImpact of the Sire on Pregnancy LossImpact of Sire on Embryo Development and PregnancyImplementing Fixed-Time Artificial Insemination Programs in Beef HerdsFrozen Bovine Semen Storage, Semen Handling, and Site of DepositionConsiderations for Using Natural Service with Estrous Synchronization ProgramsManaging Beef Bulls During the Off-SeasonGenomics and Dairy Bull Fertility
