Use of clinic refractometer at farm as a tool to estimate the IgG content in goat colostrum

Refractometry has been proposed as a farm technique to estimate the IgG concentration in colostrum. In order to validate the method in goat colostrum using a clinical refractometer, 216 colostrum and milk samples were obtained from 54 dairy goats. Samples were evaluated for protein concentration usi...

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Main Authors: Noemí Castro, Lenny Andrea Gómez-González, Bernadette Earley, Anastasio Argüello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Animal Research
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09712119.2018.1546585