Effect of Shipping and Chromium Supplementation on Performance, Immune Response, and Disease Resistance of Steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1956-1964

  Kegley, E B ^a   Spears, J W ^a   Brown Jr , T T ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Chromium; Immune Response

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; BOVINE RHINOTRACHEITIS VIRUS; GLYCINE MAX; SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

CHROMIUM; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTIOUS BOVINE RHINOTRACHEITIS VIRUS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; CHROMIUM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HERPESVIRUS 1, BOVINE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFECTIOUS BOVINE RHINOTRACHEITIS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRANSPORTATION; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0031178572     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7571956x     Document Type: Article

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