Nutrient and Immunity Transfer from Cow to Calf Pre- and Postcalving

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2779-2790

  Quigley III, J D ^a,b   Drewry, J J ^b  

^a APC Incorporated   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calves; Calving; Immunity; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LACTATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032178016     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75836-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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