Maternal antibody uptake, duration and influence on survival and growth rate in a cohort of indigenous calves in a smallholder farming system in western Kenya

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 129-134

  Toye, Philip ^a   Handel, Ian ^b   Gray, Julia ^c   Kiara, Henry ^a   Thumbi, Samuel ^d   Jennings, Amy ^d   van Wyk, Ilana Conradie ^e   Ndila, Mary ^f   Hanotte, Olivier ^f   Coetzer, Koos ^e   Woolhouse, Mark ^d   Bronsvoort, Mark ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calves; Colostrum; Haemoparasites; Maternal antibodies; Smallholder systems

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; CALF (MAMMAL); COLOSTRUM; FARMING SYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; THEILERIA; THEILERIA PARVA;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; THEILERIA MUTANS; THEILERIA PARVA;

CALVES; COLOSTRUM; HAEMOPARASITES; MATERNAL ANTIBODIES; SMALLHOLDER SYSTEMS;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; THEILERIA; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS;

EID: 84881022192     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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