Effects of commingling beef calves from different sources and weaning protocols during a forty-two-day receiving period on performance and bovine respiratory disease

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3146-3158

  Step, D L ^a   Krehbiel, C R ^a   DePra, H A ^a   Cranston, J J ^a   Fulton, R W ^a   Kirkpatrick, J G ^a   Gill, D R ^a   Payton, M E ^b   Montelongo, M A ^a   Confer, A W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 301 MSCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine respiratory disease; Calf; Commingling; Performance; Stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HAPTOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PASTEURELLACEAE INFECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BODY COMPOSITION; BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; HAPTOGLOBINS; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MORTALITY; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PASTEURELLACEAE INFECTIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 55849114459     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-0883     Document Type: Article

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