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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Livestock Restraint Techniques | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Types of Restraint | |
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| Working with Rope | |
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| Cattle Restraint | |
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| Swine Restraint | |
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| Horse Restraint | |
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| Sheep Restraint | |
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| Goat Restraint | |
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| Beef Cattle Management Techniques | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Identification | |
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| Orphan Calf Care | |
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| Milking | |
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| Implanting | |
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| Pasture Breeding | |
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| Sorting | |
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| Castration | |
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| Weighing | |
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| Weaning | |
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| Branding | |
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| Clipping | |
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| Body Condition Scoring | |
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| Beef Quality Assurance | |
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| Cattle Management Techniques | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Approaching, Catching, and Haltering | |
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| Training (Breaking) to Lead | |
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| Washing | |
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| Moving Cattle | |
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| Loading and Transporting | |
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| Heat Detection | |
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| Artificial Insemination | |
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| Estrus Synchronization | |
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| Pregnancy Examination | |
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| Normal Calving | |
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| Abnormal (Assisted) Calving | |
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| Neonatal Care | |
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| Stomach Tubing | |
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| Treatment of Bloat | |
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| Dehorning | |
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| Bolusing and Drenching | |
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| Control of Internal Parasites | |
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| Control of External Parasites | |
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| Treatment of Ringworm | |
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| Treatment of Pinkeye | |
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| Hoof Trimming | |
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| Control of Foot Rot | |
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| Dairy Cattle Management Techniques | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Identification | |
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| Natural Breeding | |
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| Dry Cow Care | |
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| Care of the Young Dairy Calf | |
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| Clipping | |
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| Training to Milk | |
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| Milking | |
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| Mastitis Treatment | |
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| Mastitis Prevention | |
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| Downer Cows | |
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| Euthanasia | |
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| Removal of Supernumerary Teats | |
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| Weaning and Training to Drink and Eat | |
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| Body Condition Scoring of Dairy Cows | |
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| Swine Management Techniques | |
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| Characteristics of Swine | |
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| Housing of Swine | |
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| Heat Detection: Test Mating | |
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| Diagnosis of Pregnancy | |
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| Farrowing | |
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| Navel Cord Care | |
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| Clipping Needle Teeth | |
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| Tail Docking | |
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| Iron Injections | |
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| Ear Notching | |
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| Ear Tagging | |
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| Branding | |
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| Tattooing | |
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| Castration | |
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| Washing Swine and Equipment | |
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| Ringing | |
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| Removal of Tusks from Boars | |
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| Cooling Swine | |
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| Internal and External Parasite Control | |
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| Training, Grooming, and Exhibiting Swine | |
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| Weighing Pigs | |
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| Moving or Transporting Pigs on the Farm | |
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| Transporting Pigs off the Farm | |
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| Backfat and Loin Muscle Determinations | |
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| Artificial Insemination in Swine | |
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| Assuring Quality Pork | |
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| Horse Management Techniques | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Approaching, Catching, and Haltering | |
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| Leading | |
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| Tying | |
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| Grooming | |
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| Picking Up and Cleaning Feet | |
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| Thinning and Shortening Manes and Tails | |
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| Clipping | |
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| Bathing | |
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| Sheath and Genital Cleaning | |
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| Wrapping the Tail | |
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| Wrapping Legs | |
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| Trimming Hooves | |
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| Shoe Removal | |
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| Emergency Shoe Replacement | |
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| Aging Horses by Their Teeth | |
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| Tooth Care | |
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| Measuring Height | |
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| Identification | |
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| Taking the Horse's Temperature, Pulse, and Respiration | |
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| Passing the Stomach Tube | |
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| Saddling | |
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| Bridling | |
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| Cleaning and Preservation of Leather | |
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| Loading | |
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| Trailering (Hauling) Horses | |
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| Breeding Horses | |
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| Foaling | |
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| Resuscitating the Asphyxiated Foal | |
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| Care of the Newborn Foal | |
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| Castration | |
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| Parasite Control Program | |
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| Fly Control | |
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| Body Condition Scoring | |
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| Sheep Management Techniques | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Breeding | |
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| Diagnosis of Pregnancy | |
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| Lambing | |
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| Neonatal Care | |
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| Docking | |
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| Castration | |
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| Identification | |
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| Fostering Lambs | |
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| Weaning and Mastitis Control | |
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| Artificial Rearing | |
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| Worming to Control Internal Parasites | |
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| Control of External Parasites | |
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| Foot Trimming | |
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| Treatment of Foot Rot | |
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| Treatment of Bloat | |
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| Age Determination | |
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| Preparing for Sale or Exhibition | |
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| Catching, Handling, Moving, and Weighing | |
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| Shearing | |
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| Annual Management Calendar | |
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| Goat Management Techniques | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Catching, Handling, and Controlling Goats | |
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| Grooming and Clipping | |
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| Breeding | |
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| Kidding | |
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| Neonatal Care | |
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| Milking | |
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| Disbudding | |
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| Deodorizing | |
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| Castration | |
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| Identification | |
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| Dehorning | |
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| Foot Trimming | |
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| Treatment of Foot Rot | |
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| Wattle Removal | |
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| Age Determination | |
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| Maintaining Herd Health | |
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| Harnessing Your Goat | |
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| Packing Your Goat | |
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| Poultry Management Techniques | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Parts of the Fowl | |
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| Catching, Holding, and Carrying Poultry | |
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| Identification | |
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| Inspecting for Defects, Abnormalities, External Parasites, and Molt | |
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| Producing and Incubating Fertile Eggs | |
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| Brooding Chicks | |
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| Dubbing and Dewattling Chickens | |
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| Desnooding of Turkey Poults | |
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| Toe Clipping | |
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| Debeaking | |
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| Caponizing | |
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| Processing Poultry for Food | |
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| Processing Eggs for Food | |
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| Planning Poultry Health Programs | |
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| Animal Health Management | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Concepts of Health and Disease | |
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| Sanitation | |
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| Drugs | |
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| Administering Pharmaceuticals and Biologicals | |
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| The Vital Signs: Temperature, Pulse, and Respiration | |
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| Recognizing the Healthy Animal | |
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| Recognizing the Abnormal or Sick Animal | |
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| Management Aids for Protecting the Herd from Infections | |
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| Evaluating Herd Health | |
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| Wounds | |
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| First Aid Techniques | |
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| First Aid Kits and Medicine Chest | |
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| Commonly Used Veterinary Medical Abbreviations | |
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| Establishing and Managing the Herd Health Program | |
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| Appendices | |
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| External Parts of the Cow | |
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| Skeleton of the Cow | |
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| External Parts of the Pig | |
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| Skeleton of the Pig | |
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| External Parts of the Horse | |
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| Skeleton of the Horse | |
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| External Parts of the Sheep | |
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| Skeleton of the Sheep | |
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| External Parts of the Goat | |
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| Skeleton of the Goat | |
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| Parts of the Rooster and Hen | |
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| Skeleton of the Fowl | |
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| Parts of the Turkey Tom and Hen | |
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| Age-Weight Relationships for Domestic Livestock | |
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| Gestation and Incubation Table | |
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| Normal Range of Reproductive Behavior | |
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| Absorptive Capacities of Various Bedding Materials | |
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| Diseases of and Immunizing Agents for Domestic Livestock | |
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| Common Diseases of Domestic Livestock and Their Symptoms | |
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| Useful Abbreviations, Conversion Factors, and Mathematical Formulae | |
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| Nutrient Functions and Deficiency Symptoms | |
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| Male, Female, Castrate Livestock Terminology | |
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| Digestive System Sizes and Capacities | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |