Effectiveness of sorting calves with high risk of developing bovine respiratory disease on the basis of serum haptoglobin concentration at the time of arrival at a feedlot

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1349-1360

  Holland, Ben P ^a,b   Step, Douglas L ^a   Burciaga Robles, Luis O ^a,c   Fulton, Robert W ^a   Confer, Anthony W ^a   Rose, Trista K ^a,d   Laidig, Lindsay E ^a,d   Richards, Christopher J ^a   Krehbiel, Clinton R ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Feedlot Health Management Services Alberta   (Canada)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAPTOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BULL (BOVINE); BULLOCK; CALF (BOVINE); CARCASS; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEIFER; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 80053624515     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.72.10.1349     Document Type: Article

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