A survey of bovine colostrum composition and colostrum management practices on Pennsylvania dairy farms

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4108-4116

  Kehoe, S I ^a,b   Jayarao, B M ^a   Heinrichs, A J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

Author keywords

Colostrum composition; Colostrum management; Dairy calf; Pennsylvania

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

FAT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOSE; MILK PROTEIN; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOSTRUM; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; DAIRYING; FATS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOSE; MILK PROTEINS; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMINS;

EID: 34848818586     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0040     Document Type: Article

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