Production Diseases in Farm Animals

Part I: Veterinary public health aspects of production diseases.- Epidemiology of production diseases.- Societal Attitudes towards Animal Welfare and Livestock Production Diseases.- Antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens from farm animals.- Part II: Metabolic health disorders.- Metabolism and inflammation in dairy cows.- Etiology of oxidative stress in dairy cows.- Ketosis in dairy cows.- Part III: Gastrointestinal disorders.- Displacement of the abomasum.- The gut microbiome in pigs and its impact on animal health.- Physiology of Gut Water Balance and Patho-mechanics of Diarrhea.- Diarrhea in calves.- Infectious Enteric Diseases in Pigs.- Part IV: Respiratory diseases.- Respiratory diseases in calves.- Respiratory diseases in pigs.- Part V: Mammary gland health and Lactation.- Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome in sows: a review.- Mastitis in dairy cows.- Disturbed milk ejection at machine milking and the issues related to exogenous oxytocin in dairy cows.- Part VI: Locomotion disorders.- Lameness in cattle.- Lameness in pigs.- Part VII: Environment, behavior, genetics, and animal welfare.- Associations of behavior and production disease in dairy cattle.- Heat stress in lactating and non-lactating dairy cows.- Feather pecking behavior in laying hens - challenges in management and breeding.- Tail-biting in pigs.- Breeding for metabolic robustness and longevity in dairy cows.- Part VIII: Strategies and management tools for disease control.- Milk as diagnostic medium for detection of health disorders in dairy animals.- Consequences of lactation length for health and fertility in dairy cows.- Surveillance and decision making in swine health management.

Dr. Josef Johann Gross studied Agricultural Sciences with a focus on Animal Science at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. Currently, Dr. Gross is Senior Scientist at the Veterinary Physiology division at the University of Bern, where he investigates the nutritional impact on the adaptive physiology and health status of dairy cows. He intensively published on transition cow health and metabolism, colostrum quality, the impact of nutrients and metabolites on adaptation physiology, and metabolic robustness of high-yielding dairy cows. Dr. Gross serves as editor and reviewer of many high-ranking journals. In 2019, he was co-chair and involved in the organization of the International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals (ICPD) in Bern, Switzerland with 50 internationally recognized invited speakers and 380 attendees from all over the world.