A STUDY OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ELISA RESPONSE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE AGENTS AND CALVING INTERVAL IN CATTLE IN THE TROPICS OF MÉXICO

Forty eight cows of Holstein-Zebu crosses with at least one completed pregnancy were tested for antibodies to 20 disease agents. The testing was performed within one month (average two weeks) after calving when the IgG level constantly reaches its lowest value during the cows reproductive cycle. The...

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Main Authors: José Alfonso Barajas-Rojas, Hans Riemann, Charles Franti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 1993-12-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84781993000300015&lng=en&tlng=en