Bacterial Cattle Diseases

Bovine respiratory disease is the principal source of economic loss for the beef industry and a significant health problem in the dairy industry as well. The pathogenesis typically involves some combination of predisposing stress which compromises respiratory defense mechanisms and coincidental primary infection with one or more respiratory viruses. The aim of this book is to inform owners, veterinary professionals, and others who are interested in Veterinary Science dealing with those bacterial infectious diseases, which occur relatively frequently in dairy and beef cattle and focus on general principles for the prevention and control of these diseases, providing detailed information on each disease. 

Print ISBN: 9781682519493 | $160 | 2023 | Hardcover

Subject: Animal and Veterinary Science 

Editor: Lauren Himes

About the Editor: Lauren Himes, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Department of Animal Sciences. He has collaborated with researchers from different countries and published ninety-eight journal articles. He teaches various degree courses in zootechnics, sheep production, agricultural sciences and natural resources. His research focuses on animal nutrition, particularly ruminants and poultry nutrition, gastrointestinal electrophysiology, meta-analysis and modeling in nutrition, and livestock–environment interaction. He has authored around 150 articles in journals, book chapters, and proceedings.