Risk factors associated with colostrum quality in Norwegian dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 704-712

  Gulliksen, S M ^a,b   Lie, K I ^a,b   Solverod L ^b,c   Osteras O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TINE SA   (Norway)

^c TINE Norwegian Dairies   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calf; Colostrum; Dairy cow; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

BOS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOSTRUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOSTRUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NORWAY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEASONS;

EID: 39049159771     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0450     Document Type: Article

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