Monocyte Immune Cell Response and Copper Status in Beef Steers That Grazed Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue 1

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2694-2700

  Saker, K E ^a   Allen, V G ^b   Kalnitsky, J ^a   Thatcher, C D ^a   Swecker Jr , W S ^a   Fontenot, J P ^c  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Endophytes; Forage; Immune Response; Minerals; Steers

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ACREMONIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CATTLE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MONOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION;

ACREMONIUM; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MALE; MONOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032174955     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76102694x     Document Type: Article

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