Effects of subclinical pregnancy toxemia on immune responses in sheep

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1020-1024

  Lacetera, Nicola ^a   Bernabucci, Umberto ^a   Ronchi, Bruno ^a   Nardone, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; KEYHOLE-LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SHEEP; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0035403688     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.1020     Document Type: Article

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