The Cattle Health Handbook

Great reference for when you don't have access to or time to call a veterinarian. Lots of information on cattle health, great for small and hobby farms, even for larger dairy and beef farms.

Excellent book for any cattle rancher! The author, Heather Smith Thomas, has walked the walk and raised more than 6000 calves since 1967. A rancher herself Ms Thomas has produced a very practical and easy to read health handbook for raising cattle. Jammed packed with excellent illustrations, drawings and medical reference footnotes--this has to be the best cattle-health handbook on the market! My book is so worn and a little manure covered I'm purchasing a new one and the return on investment will be worth the hard cash outlay. My cattle are my children and it was so rewarding to find an author that feels the same way. Well written book and superbly published. Forget the other handbooks, I've read most of them--then a cattleman loaned me this book and I was amazed, gratefull and hooked! The sun will fade the cover and manure will stain the pages but your cattle will know they are loved and well cared for, not to mention the financial payback from reduced vet bills and your own stress! Thank you Amazon and please send Ms Thomas my kind regards and gratitude.

This manual covers everything ! It’s easy to understand and answers questions that arise every day and gets you a good starting point with solid results and answers. Very handy helpful. I am so glad I bought this book. A lot information at an affordable price. Fast ship too.

Very handy book to have. We raise a few bummer bottle calves each year. The type that we only get because they are nearly dead anyway and the rancher gives us to them to try to save, and keep if we do. We are more than 100 miles from the vet, so we need to be able to assess and help the babies as best we can, or lose them. This book is pretty thorough on most cattle emergencies, diseases and plenty of preventative ideas. It is in a format that pretty much anyone can understand and learn from. I'm sure this will be a go to book each year when the new babies who come in with something unusual each year. I would recommend this book highly to ANYONE who raises cattle, from a couple bottle babies, to a very large herd.

This book has been the most rewarding purchase in helping me learn and use while owning cattle. I've learned a lot from this book compared to others. Has a great amount of indepth knowledge.

Gathering Notes is the easy part and the most important things (that I consider Important) I email to my dad. Being new to raising cattle, and living in a humid environment, is hard to keep up with every thing that is in the soil. Though the family started to own cattle about three years ago my parents are just have accepted the fact that the environment here on east Texas is very different than the hot-dry from their small town in Mexico. This book provides us with understanding and new methods besides only going to the vet. Looking forward to buying Essential Guide to Calving!

Excelllent book for the more advanced cattle owner and breeder. Fills the gap between "intro tomes" and textbooks with sufficient veterinary information that allows intelligent decisions when to call for help and what to do in their absence. Truly wish I had this book when we first started. Recommend highly to new and experienced operators.

I started working with beef cattle just the last few months and this book has been wonderful. It starts with the most simple stuff like how and where to give shots or how to make a halter to explaining the characteristics and treatment of all the different diseases possible. Worth your money.