Health status and risk factors associated with failure of passive transfer of immunity in newborn beef calves in Québec

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 907-913

  Filteau, Virginie ^a,b   Bouchard, Émile ^a   Fecteau, Gilles ^a   Dutil, Lucie ^a   DuTremblay, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Clinique Veterinaire de Coaticook   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOTTLE FEEDING; CANADA; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH STATUS; HERD; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BOTTLE FEEDING; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347531424     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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