Failure of passive transfer in foals: Incidence and outcome on four studs in New South Wales

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-59

  Tyler McGowan, C M ^a   Hodgson, J L ^a   Hodgson, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colostral specific gravity; Failure of passive transfer; Foals

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COLOSTRUM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MALE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RELATIVE DENSITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; COLOSTRUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030639457     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1997.tb13832.x     Document Type: Article

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