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☆

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☆

The passive transfer of antibodies from dams to offspring via colostrum is believed to play an important role in protecting neonatal mammals from infectious disease. The study presented here investigates the uptake of colostrum by 548 calves in western Kenya maintained under smallholder farming, an...

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Main Authors: Toye, Philip, Handel, Ian, Gray, Julia, Kiara, Henry, Thumbi, Samuel, Jennings, Amy, van Wyk, Ilana Conradie, Ndila, Mary, Hanotte, Olivier, Coetzer, Koos, Woolhouse, Mark, Bronsvoort, Mark
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Scientific 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3740236/

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