Production diseases in farm animals : 12th international conference / / edited by Nanda P. Joshi, Thomas H. Herdt.

• Author: International Conference on Production Disease in Farm Animals East Lansing, MIch.)
• TeilnehmendeR: Joshi, Nanda P.; Herdt, Thomas H.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Notes: Proceedings of the 12th international conference held July 2004, East Lansing, Mich.

Table of Contents

""Introduction""; ""The History and Influence of the ICPD""; ""Table of contents""; ""Session A. Transition cow biology and management ""; ""Advances in transition cow biology: new frontiers in production diseases""; ""Research priorities from a producer's point of view""; ""Metabolic profiling to assess health status of transition dairy cows""; ""A consideration about the energy supply in peripartum of dairy cows on the basis of change in plasma free amino acid concentration""; ""Metabolic predictors of displaced abomasum in transition dairy cows""

""Evaluation of a rapid test for NEFA in bovine serum""""Association of rump fat thickness and plasma NEFA concentration with postpartum metabolic diseases in Holstein cows""; ""Effect of pre-partum feeding intensity on postpartum energy status of Estonian Holstein cows""; ""Using a pooled sample technique for herd metabolic profile screening""; ""Session B. Metabolic effects of immune mediators""; ""Metabolic effects of immune mediators""; ""The effect of bovine respiratory disease on carcass traits""; ""Does calf health during the feedlot period affect gain and carcass traits?""

""Effects of dexamethasone on mRNA levels and binding sites of hepatic β-adrenergic receptors in neonatal calves and dependence on colostrum feeding""""Pathogenesis of avian growth plate dyschondroplasia""; ""Concentrations of haptoglobin and fibrinogen during the first ten days after calving in dairy cows with acute endometritis""; ""Extracellular pH alters innate immunity by decreasing the production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, but enhancing phagocytosis in bovine neutrophils and monocytes""

""High nitrite/nitrate status in neonatal calves is associated with increased plasma levels of S-nitrosoalbumin and other S-nitrosothiols""""Effects of 0.03% dietary β-glucans on nonspecific/specific immunity, oxidative/antioxidative status and growth performance in weanling pigs""; ""Influence of organic nutrition and housing on selected immunological and metabolic properties in fattening pigs""; ""Session C. Animal behaviour and welfare in intensive production systems""; ""Associations of cow comfort indices with total lying time, stall standing time, and lameness""

""Interaction of lameness with sand and mattress surfaces in dairy cow freestalls""""Electric and magnetic fields (EMF) affect milk production and bevavior of cows""; ""Effect of roughages added to the milk replacer diet of veal calves on behavior and gastric development""; ""Transportation stress of cattle by railway""; ""Session D. Infection and infectious diseases associated with production systems""; ""Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) in pigs""; ""Influence of growth conditions on caprine nasal bacterial flora in the presence of Mannhemia hameolytica""

""The relationship between exposure to bovine viral diarrhea virus and fertility in a commercial dairy herd""