Alternative health practices for livestock [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas F. Morris and Michael T. Keilty

• Record Nr.: UNISA996209762303316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2006
• ISBN: 1-281-45018-9; 9786611450182; 0-470-38497-2; 0-470-38475-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MorrisThomas F; KeiltyMichael T
• Disciplina: 636.089; 636.08955
• Soggetti: Alternative veterinary medicine; Livestock - Diseases - Alternative treatment; Animal health
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Alternative Health Practices for Livestock; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Section I Science of Alternative Methods; 1 Evaluation of a Homeopathic Therapy for Subclinical Mastitis in Lactating; 2 Potential Role of Amazonian Medicinal Plants for Health Maintenance in Livestock; 3 Botanicals for Pigs; 4 Evaluation of Homeopathic Nosodes for Mastitis and Calf Scours: Lessons from the Vermont Nosode Project; 5 Livestock Self-medication; 6 Alternative Methods of Controlling Parasites in Small Ruminants; 7 Overview of Research Methods on Medicinal Plants for Livestock: Endo- and Ecto-parasitesSection II Historical Review of Alternative Methods; 8 Forage Quality and Livestock Health: A Nutritionist's View; 9 Livestock Treatments Links from the Past to Holistic Alternatives of the Present; 10 Herbs and Alternatives in Equine Practice; Section III Concerns about Conventional Therapies; 11 The Ecology of Antimicrobial Resistance and Use of Alternatives to Antimicrobials in Food Animal Production in the United States; 12 Use of rbST and ; Implications for Cow Health in the Dairy Industry; Section IV Ideas to Promote Alternative Methods13 Funding for Testing Alternative Livestock Methods: Developing and Performing Grants to Help Fund Sustainable Livestock Production; 14 Economics of Niche Marketing in Alternative Livestock Farming; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The idea that current methods of food production are not sustainable in the long-term is a controversial topic. This book provides information that will advance a form of livestock production that meets the long- and short-term goals of human food production, minimizing degradation of natural resources. Important concerns regarding food safety, particularly antibiotic and chemical residues in meat, milk and other livestock foods, have stimulated renewed interest in alternative methods of promoting livestock health. Alternative Health Practices for Livestock is the first compilati