A note on colostral immunoglobulin G concentrations vs. subsequent serum concentrations in naturally suckled lama (Llama glama) and alpaca (Llama pacos) crias

Journal of Camel Practice and Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-172

  Nagy, Dusty W ^a   Chakwenya, Jeff ^a,b   Tyler, Jeff W ^a,b   Holle, Julie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMA GLAMA; LAMA PACOS; LLAMA PACOS;

EID: 0041698146     PISSN: 09716777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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