Effects of newborn characteristics and length of colostrum feeding period on passive immune transfer in goat kids

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1616-1619

  Castro, N ^a   Capote, J ^b   Morales Delanuez, A ^a   Rodriguez C ^a   Arguello A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Canary Agronomic Science Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Goat kid; Immune passive transfer; Litter size

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; GOAT; IMMUNOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUCKLING; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIRTH WEIGHT; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; GOATS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LITTER SIZE; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65249097720     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1397     Document Type: Article

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