Veterinary bull breeding soundness evaluation

Abstract

This manual is intended as an update of the 2003 publication Evaluating and Reporting Bull Fertility, edited by Keith Entwistle and Geoffry Fordyce. Published by the Australian Association of Cattle Veterinarians - now the Australian Cattle Veterinarians (ACV) - this has been the yardstick used by Australian cattle veterinarians evaluating the fertility of bulls. But both science and society have evolved over the last ten years. The body of knowledge surrounding the evaluation of bull breeding soundness has increased, with new diseases, new diagnostic tests, and new understandings.