Prediction of calf mortality by use of tests for passive transfer of colostral immunoglobulin

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 208, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2047-2049

  Rea, Douglas E ^a,b   Tyler, Jeff W ^a   Hancock, Dale D ^a   Besser, Thomas E ^a   Wilson, Leilani ^a   Krytenberg, Denise S ^a   Sanders, Sean G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MORTALITY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030585470     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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