The effect of cobalt supplementation on the immune response in vitamin B12 deficient Texel lambs

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 151-161

  Vellema, P ^a   Rutten, V P M G ^b   Hoek, A ^b   Moll, L ^a   Wentink, G H ^b  

^a Animal Health Service Drachten   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cobalt supplementation; nutrition; sheep; vitamins

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BOVINE HERPES VIRUS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COBALT; FECES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, BOVINE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; OVUM; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POACEAE; SHEEP; TWINS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 18744420880     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(96)05560-2     Document Type: Article

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