Guest Editor Gary Osweiler presents a comprehensive look at ruminant toxicology. Topics will include biofuels co-products tolerance and toxicology for ruminants, diagnostic toxicology for ruminants, metal/mineral poisoning and interactions, reproductive toxicants in forage and grain crops, ruminant mycotoxicoses, antidotes and therapy for ruminant toxicants, western plant hazardous to ruminants, southeastern toxic plants affecting ruminants, northeastern plants toxic to ruminants, industrial and commercial products affecting ruminants, water quality and ruminant health and productivity, ,and much more!

The latest information on diagnostic pathology for the food animal practitioner! Topics include respiratory diagnostics and pathology, diagnostics of dairy and beef calf diarrhea, gastrointestinal diagnostics and pathology in feedlot cattle, neuropathology and diagnostics in food animals, musculoskeletal and integument pathology in food animals, mastitis diagnostics, ruminant toxicology diagnostics, camelid pathology and diagnostics, abortion diagnostics, field necropsy and diagnostic sample submission, population approaches to diagnostics and epidemiology, and more!

This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice, guest edited by Dr. Steve Ensley and Dr. Tim Evans, focuses on Toxicology. Topics include: Hepatotoxic Plants that Poison Livestock; Plant-induced photosensitivity and dermatitis in livestock; Plant-induced reproductive disease, abortion and teratology in livestock; Myotoxic and cardiovascular toxic plants; Toxic plants that damage the gastrointestinal and urinary systems and miscellaneous toxic plants; Diagnostic guidelines for ruminant toxicosis; The use of blood/liver analysis to evaluate trace mineral status in ruminant livestock; Water quality for cattle; Biofuels coproducts tolerance and toxicology for ruminants; Ruminant mycotoxicosis; Commercial and industrial chemical hazards for ruminants; Safety of antibiotic drugs in food animals: comparison of findings from preapproval studies and postapproval experience in the United States with safety information in published literature; Treatment of animal toxicosis: a regulatory perspective, Selenium toxicosis; Sulfur toxicosis; Lichen toxicosis caused by Xanthoparmelia; Fescue/ergot toxicosis in ruminants; and Cu toxicosis in small ruminants and camelids.

In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize

Current, important information on mastitis for all food animal practitioners! Topics will include new perspectives in mastitis control, treatment of clinical mastitis, antimicrobial resistance in mastitis pathogens, the role of diagnostic microbiology in mastitis control programs, update on control of Staph aureus and Strep ag, epidemiology and control of mycoplasma mastitis, managing environmental mastitis, mastitis vaccine strategies, using mastitis records and somatic cell count data, the role of the milking machine in mastitis control, stray voltage and milk quality, communicating and implementing udder health programs, and more!

A comprehensive review of Johne’s Disease (Paratuberculosis) guest edited by Dr. Michael Collins! Topics will include: epidemiology and economics, pathogenesis, treatment and chemoprophylaxis (monensin), genetic resistance, vaccination, diagnostic methods, control of paratuberculosis in beef cattle, control of paratuberculosis in dairy cattle, control of paratuberculosis in small ruminants, paratuberculosis in wildlife and zoological collections, food safety and zoonotic concerns, state and federal efforts at control, international efforts at paratuberculosis control, case studies, and more!

In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Robert J. Van Saun and William S. Swecker, Jr. bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Vitamins and Trace Minerals in Ruminants. Optimal nutrition with adequate trace mineral levels guarantees proper function and nutrition of the animal, but purity and effectiveness are important concerns. In this issue, top experts in the field review trace mineral function, requirements, and content of common feeds, as well as specific diet challenges for ruminants and cattle. - Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including evaluation of mineral sources; confinement dairy; vitamin supplementation; common toxicosis; maternal-fetal transfer of trace minerals and fetal programming; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on vitamins and trace minerals in ruminants, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

This issue, edited by Dr. Kevin Washburn, focuses on Food Animal Neurology. Article topics include: Neurological examination of the ruminant; Diagnostics and ancillary tests of neurologic dysfunction in the ruminant; Localization of neurologic lesions in ruminants; Cerebral disorders of calves; Cerebral disorders of the adult ruminant; Cerebellar disorders of ruminants; Brain stem and cranial nerve disorders of ruminants; Spinal cord and peripheral nerve abnormalities of the ruminant; and Toxicoses of the ruminant nervous system.

This issue of the Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice focuses on infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK). IBK is the most important ocular disease of cattle because of its impact on animal health, animal well-being, the antibiotic usage treatment required, and its effect on production. Top experts address Defining and Diagnosing Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis, Applying Concepts of Causal Inference, The Role of Environmental Factors in the Epidemiology, and more. - Contains 11 practice-oriented topics including The Evidence Base for Prevention of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis Through Vaccination; Applying Concepts of Causal Inference to Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis; The Role of Moraxella Species in the Epidemiology of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews of IBK, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Robert J. Van Saun brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Ruminant Metabolic Diseases. Top experts provide a comprehensive overview of metabolic diseases and treatments in small and large ruminants caused by deficiencies of certain essential nutrients, resulting in disturbances of an animal's normal metabolic state. - Contains 12 practice-oriented topics including inflammation, immunity and transition metabolism; ketosis diagnostics and therapy; beef cattle metabolic diseases; hepatic lipidosis in ruminants; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on ruminant metabolic diseases, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.