Mild dietary copper insufficiency depresses blood neutrophil function in dairy cattle

Journal of Nutritional Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 3-24

  Torre, Patrick M ^a   Harmon, Robert J ^a   Hemken, Roger W ^a   Clark, Tim W ^a   Trammell, D Sue ^a   Smith, Bernice A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; Dietary copper; Endotoxin; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ENDOTOXIN; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0029846863     PISSN: 10495150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J053v04n03_02     Document Type: Article

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