Short communication: Addition of varying amounts of sodium bicarbonate to colostrum replacer: Effects on immunoglobulin G absorption and serum bicarbonate in neonatal calves1

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 5656-5660

  Cabral, R G ^a   Chapman, C E ^a   Haines, D M ^b   Brito, A F ^a   Erickson, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calf; Colostrum replacer; Immunoglobulin G; Sodium bicarbonate

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOSTRUM; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MILK SUBSTITUTES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SODIUM BICARBONATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054960927     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4235     Document Type: Article

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