Effects of maternal selenium supply and plane of nutrition during gestation on passive transfer of immunity and health in neonatal lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3690-3698

  Hammer, C J ^a   Thorson, J F ^a,b,c   Meyer, A M ^a   Redmer, D A ^a   Luther, J S ^a,d   Neville, T L ^a   Reed, J J ^a,e   Reynolds, L P ^a   Caton, J S ^a   Vonnahme, K A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^e Land O'Lakes   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental programming; Immunoglobulin G; Lamb; Maternal nutrition; Passive immunity; Selenium

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELENIUM; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80054752533     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3724     Document Type: Article

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