SECTION I. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 1. Pharyngeal lacerations and retropharyngeal abscesses in ruminants 2. Vesicular diseases of ruminants 3. Actinomycosis and actinobacillosis 4. Esophageal obstructions/choke 5. Bloat or ruminal tympany 6. Function and dysfunction of the ruminant forestomach 7. Rumen indigestion and putrefaction 8. Ruminal acidosis and rumenitis 9. Rumenotomy and rumenostomy 10. Abomasal ulcers 11. Abomasal emptying defect in sheep 12. Pathophysiology of displacement of the abomasum in cattle 13. Displaced abomasum in cattle 14. Prognostic indicators and comparison of corrective fixation techniques for displacement of the abomasum in dairy cattle 15. Laparoscopic abomasopexy for correction of left displaced abomasum 16. Hepatotoxicities of ruminants 17. Hemorrhagic bowel syndrome 18. Clostridium novyi (myconecrosis, black disease, and bacillary hemoglobinuria) and Clostridium septicum (braxy) infections 19. Clostridial enterotoxemia (Clostridium perfringens) 20. Johne's disease (paratuberculosis) 21. Neonatal calf diarrhea 22. Helminth parasites of the ruminant gastrointestinal tract 23. Gastrointestinal protozoal infections in ruminants 24. Bovine viral diarrhea virus 25. Salmonellosis in ruminants 26. Winter dysentery 27. Duodenal obstruction 28. Trichobezoars 29. Intussusception 30. Intestinal volvulus 31. Intestinal atresia 32. Rectal prolapse SECTION II. METABOLIC DISEASES 33. Milk fever (parturient paresis) in cows, ewes, and doe goats 34. Phosphorus deficiency 35. Ruminant hypomagnesemic tetanies 36. Ketosis 37. Pregnancy toxemia in sheep and goats 38. Fatty liver in dairy cattle 39. Clinical use of ultrasound for subcutaneous fat thickness measurements in dairy cattle 40. Metabolic profiling SECTION III. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 41. Mannheimia haemolytica- and Pasteurella multocida-induced bovine pneumonia 42. Viral diseases of the bovine respiratory tract 43. Mycoplasmas in bovine respiratory disease 44. Ovine and caprine respiratory disease : infectious agents, management factors and preventive strategies 45. Disorders of the upper respiratory tract in food animals 46. Surgery of the larynx and trachea 47. Thoracic surgery in cattle SECTION IV. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES 48. Examination of the bovine patient with heart disease 49. Congenital heart disease in cattle 50. Acquired heart diseases in cattle SECTION V. MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MEDICINE 51. Noninfectious disorders of the foot 52. Infectious disorders of the foot skin 53. Surgery of the bovine digit 54. Small ruminant infectious disease of the foot 55. Fracture management in cattle 56. Septic arthritis in cattle 57. Osteochondrosis in cattle 58. Ligament injuries of the stifle 59. Coxofemoral luxation 60. Hygroma of the carpus and tarsus SECTION VI. NEUROLOGICDISEASES OF CATTLE, SHEEP, AND GOAT 61. Clinical examination 62. Ancillary tests 63. Muscular tone and gait abnormalities 64. Cranial nerve abnormalities 65. Mentation abnormality, depression, and cortical blindness 66. Central nervous system infection and infestation SECTION VII. URINARY SYSTEM 67. Urolithiasis 68. Urinary tract infection in food animals 69. Neonatal urinary disorders 70. Ulcerative posthitis 71. Bovine enzootic hematuria 72. Surgery of the urinary tract SECTION VIII. GENITAL SURGERY - MALE 73. Diagnosis and management of juvenile anomalies of the penis and prepuce 74. Diagnosis and management of penile deviations 75. Diagnosis and management of injuries to the penis and prepuce of bulls 76. Diagnosis and management of inguinal hernia in bulls 77. Diagnosis and management of conditions of the scrotum and testes 78. Preparation of teaser bulls, rams, and bucks SECTION IX. GENITAL SURGERY - FEMALE 79. Bovine cesarean sections: risk factors and outcomes 80. Vaginal and uterine prolapse 81. Umbilical surgery in calves 82. Diagnosis and management of teat injury 83. Laparoscopy in large animal surgery SECTION X. OPHTHALMOLOGIC EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES 84. Ophthalmic examination techniques for production animals 85. Selected eye diseases of cattle 86. Selected eye diseases of sheep and goats 87. Ophthalmology of South American camelids: llamas, alpacas, guanacos, and vicunas 88. Selected eye diseases of swine 89. Food animal ocular neoplasia 90. Neurogenic vision loss 91. Ophthalmic therapeutics 92. Ocular surgery : enucleation in cattle SECTION XI. PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS 93. Ethical responsibilities of bovine veterinarians in selecting, prescribing, and using therapeutic drugs 94. Ethical responsibilities of small ruminant veterinarians in selecting and using therapeutics 95. Practical pharmacokinetics for the food animal practitioner 96. FARAD and related drug regulations 97. Anthelmintic treatment in an era of resistance 98. Antimicrobial resistance in human pathogens and the use of antimicrobials in food animals: challenges in food animal veterinary practice 99. Evidence-based veterinary medicine : therapeutic considerations 100. Therapeutic options in organic livestock medicine 101. Decision making in mastitis therapy 102. Respiratory disease treatment considerations in feedyards 103. Antibiotic treatment of diarrhea in preweaned calves 104. Fluid therapy, transfusion, and shock therapy 105. Pain management in cattle and small ruminants SECTION XII. CHEMICAL RESTRAINT, ANESTHESIA, AND PAIN MANAGEMENT 106. Chemical restraint in ruminants 107. Ruminant field anesthesia 108. Inhalation anesthesia in ruminants 109. Managing severe pain in ruminants SECTION XIII: COW-CALF PRODUCTION MEDICINE 110. Marketing beef cow-calf production medicine programs in private practice 111. Economic analysis techniques for the cow-calf practitioner 112. Cow-calf operation beef quality assurance 113. Biosecurity for cow-calf enterprises 114. Management of neonatal diarrhea in cow-calf herds 115. Calf preweaning immunity and impact on vaccine schedules 116. Beef heifer development 117. Investigation and abortion and fetal loss in the beef herd 118. Addressing high dystocia incidence in cow-calf herds 119. Carcass ultrasound uses in beef cattle production settings SECTION XIV. FEEDLOT PRODUCTION MEDICINE 120. Preconditioned calves in the feedyard 121. Low-stress livestock handling 122. Biosecurity for feedlot enterprises 123. Use of statistical process control in feedlot practice 124. Growth promotants for, beef production : anabolic steroids - performance responses and mode of action 125. Feedlot vaccination protocols 126. An economic risk assessment model for management of pregnant feeder heifers 127. Investigating lameness outbreaks in feedlot cattle 128. Investigating feedlot respiratory disease outbreak 129. Feedlot therapeutic protocols 130. Feedlot hospital management 131. No loose parts necropsy procedure for the feedyard