Evaluation of 3 assays for failure of passive transfer in calves

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 304-307

  Tyler, Jeff W ^a   Hancock, Dale D ^a   Parish, Steven M ^a   Rea, Douglas E ^a   Besser, Thomas E ^a   Sanders, Sean G ^a   Wilson, Leilani K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLASMA PROTEIN; SODIUM SULFITE; SULFITE; ZINC SULFATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHOTOMETRY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATTLE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFITES; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 0030225675     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.1996.tb02067.x     Document Type: Review

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