Feasibility of high immune response (HIR) technology as a health management tool to characterize immune response profiles of dairy cattle

Udder Health and Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 359-366

  Wagter Lesperance, L ^a   Cartwright, S ^a   Funk, T ^a   Kelton, D ^a   Miglior, F ^b,c   Mallard, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease; Knowledge transfer; Resistance; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918823903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-742-4_69     Document Type: Chapter

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