Vaccination Schedules to Raise Antibody Concentrations Against ε-Toxin of Clostridium perfringens in Ewes and Their Triplet Lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2328-2334

  De La Rosa, Cristina ^a,b   Hogue, Douglas E ^a   Thonney, Michael L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Enterotoxemia; Ewes; Immunization; Lambs

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON-TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME; TOXEMIA; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXEMIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031226249     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7592328x     Document Type: Article

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