Association of neonatal serum immunoglobulin G1 concentration with health and performance in beef calves

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 914-921

  Dewell, Reneé D ^a,d   Hungerford, Laura L ^a,e   Keen, James E ^b   Laegreid, William W ^b   Griffin, D Dee ^a   Rupp, Gary P ^a   Grotelueschen, Dale M ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33645086117     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.6.914     Document Type: Article

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