In utero infections responsible for abortion, stillbirth and birth of weak calves in beef cows / W. Duane Mickelsen and James F. Evermann -- Immunization of the beef cow and its influence on fetal and neonatal calf health / Louis J. Perino and Gary P. Rupp -- Congenital defects as a cause of perinatal mortality of beef calves / Colin G. Rousseaux -- Dystocia-related risk factors / Lawence E. Rice -- Cold thermoregulation in the newborn calf / Gordon E. Carstens -- The importance of colostrum to the health of the neonatal calf / Thomas E. Besser and Clive C. Gay -- Environmental factors and calving management practices that affect neonnatal mortality in the beef calf / Hugh G.G. Townend -- Physiologic mechanisms of adaptation in the fetal calf at birth / Thomas R. Kasari -- The incidence, causes and financial impact of perinatal mortality in north american beef herds / Robert E. Toombs and Steven E. Wikse and Thomas R. Kasari -- Investigating perinatal calf mortality in beef herds / Steven E. Wikse...[ed al.] -- Weakness in the newborn calf / Thomas R. Kasari

1. Beef
2. Beef herds
3. Perinatal mortality -- beef
4. Food animal practice