The effect of natural and induced calving of beef heifers on stress-related gene expression and maternal health and immunity
The peri-partum processes can exert stress on a cow on many levels. There is little evidence about acute stress around the calving event and subsequent potential effects for the cows’ immunological status or subsequent reproductive health. To investigate this, 55 crossbred recipient beef heifers car...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Animal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173112200101X |