Effect of passive transfer status on preweaning growth performance in dairy goat kids

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1873-1877

  Massimini, Genesio ^a,c   Mastellone, Vincenzo ^a   Britti, Domenico ^a   Lombardi, Pietro ^b   Avallone, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; FEMALE; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUCKLING; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GOATS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 38049146372     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.12.1873     Document Type: Article

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