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New in the Third Edition New chapters on herd genetics, grazing methods, and tips for lowering the cost of production, plus 17 new color diagrams, figures, and tables. The Authoritative Reference With a PhD in Animal Science and more than forty-five years of experience as a practicing veterinarian, Bob Sager gives ranchers, students, and extension agents the practical tips and scientific knowledge they need to raise healthy beef cattle. Packed with facts, the Handbook includes chapters on the most crucial aspects of beef calf health: gestational care; colostrum, feeding, and supplementation; scours and dehydration; pneumonia and BRD; and vaccination and preventive health. Includes more than 90 full-color diagrams, figures, and tables that clarify key concepts, plus a guide to performing field necropsies and a gallery of commonly-used products and tools.

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Bob Sager, DVM PhD DABVP (Beef Cattle) AAVN, has over 45 years of experience as a practicing veterinarian, including time as the senior veterinarian at the world's largest vertical integrated beef cattle complex, with over 437,000 head of Angus beef cattle. Sager has also taught Animal Science classes at Montana State University, and pioneered the understanding of the effects of cobalt on the immune system in beef cattle.

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