Effect of Blood Sampling Time After Colostrum Intake on the Concentration of Metabolites Indicative of the Passive Immunity Transfer in Newborn Dairy Calves

Animals (Basel). 2024 Oct 31;14(21):3133. doi: 10.3390/ani14213133.

Abstract

Due to the synepitheliochorial placental structure, bovines show no maternal antibody flow from mother to fetus during pregnancy, resulting in an agammaglobulemic newborn [...].

Keywords: blood parameters; health monitoring; immunoglobulin; refractometer; total serum protein.