Serum lactoferrin and immunoglobulin G concentrations in healthy or ill neonatal foals and healthy adult horses

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1457-1462

  Barton, Michelle Henry ^a   Hurley, David ^a   Norton, Natalie ^a   Heusner, Gary ^b   Costa, Lais ^c   Jones, Samuel ^d   Byars, Doug ^e   Watanabe, Kiyotaka ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Colostrum; Horse; Passive immunity; Sepsis score; Survival

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTOFERRIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; COLOSTRUM; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLOSTRUM; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTOFERRIN; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33845683946     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[1457:SLAIGC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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