Effects of oral administration of levamisole on non-specific immunity, serum proteins and health in normal colostrum-fed neonatal dairy calves

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 132-136

  Mohri, M ^a   Seifi, H A ^a   Zamani Sani, S H ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dairy calves; Health; Leukogram; Levamisole; Serum proteins

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBULIN; EDETIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVAMISOLE; PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; COLORIMETRY; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DIARRHEA; ELECTROPHORESIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JUGULAR VEIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 15844392912     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-004-0528-0     Document Type: Article

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