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The change in differing leukocyte populations during vaccination to bovine respiratory disease and their correlations with lung scores, health records, and average daily gain.
Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 2013
Leach R J, Chitko-McKown C G, Bennett G L, Jones S A, Kachman S D, Keele J W, Leymaster K A, Thallman R M, Kuehn L A
Abstract excerpt
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the most economically important disease in U.S. feedlots. Infection can result in morbidity, mortality, and reduced average daily gain. Cheap and reliable genetic methods of prediction and protection from BRD would be highly advantageous to the industry. The immune response may correlate with BRD incidence. Cattle (n = 2,182) were vaccinated against common viral and bacterial...
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