Relationship between welfare and udder health indicators in dairy ewes

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-94

  Caroprese, M ^a   Albenzio, M ^a   Muscio, A ^a   Sevi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy ewes; Immune parameters; Milk constituents; Welfare indicators

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LACTOSE; OVALBUMIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAMMARY GLAND; MILK; MONITORING; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SHEEP; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOMATIC CELL; STRESS; UDDER;

ALBUMINS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 31144448153     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-005-3172-5     Document Type: Article

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