Plasma metabolites of receiving heifers and the relationship between apparent bovine respiratory disease, body weight gain, and carcass characteristics

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 328-333

  Montgomery, S P ^a   Sindt, J J ^a   Greenquist, M A ^a   Miller, W F ^a   Pike, J N ^a   Loe, E R ^a   Sulpizio, M J ^a   Drouillard, J S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine respiratory disease; Plasma metabolite; Receiving heifer

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; CLOSTRIDIUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTIC ACID; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 60549090115     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-0969     Document Type: Article

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