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Nutrition: Dairy Cattle

Nutritional Requirements of Dairy Cattle

Feeding and Nutritional Management of Dairy Cattle

Feeding Young Dairy Calves

Feeding Dairy Calves from Weaning Through Maturation

Accelerated Dairy Calf-rearing Programs

Feed Additives in Dairy Cattle

Nutrition and Disease in Dairy Cattle

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Large animal neonates are born immunocompetent but lack antibodies. In their first few hours of life, neonates must suckle good quality colostrum from the dam to obtain maternal antibodies (immunoglobulins). Which of the following factors might compromise the quality of colostrum?

Disease during gestation
Late-gestation vaccination of dam
Maternal rejection of neonate
Neonatal prematurity

Feed Additives in Dairy Cattle

By

Thomas H. Herdt

, DVM, MS, DACVN, DACVIM, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences and Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Michigan State University

Last full review/revision Oct 2014 | Content last modified Nov 2014

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Nutrition and Disease in Dairy Cattle

Nutrition: Dairy Cattle

Nutritional Requirements of Dairy Cattle

Feeding and Nutritional Management of Dairy Cattle

Feeding Young Dairy Calves

Feeding Dairy Calves from Weaning Through Maturation

Accelerated Dairy Calf-rearing Programs

Feed Additives in Dairy Cattle

Nutrition and Disease in Dairy Cattle

Feeding and Nutritional Management of Dairy Cattle

Feeding Young Dairy Calves

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Large animal neonates are born immunocompetent but lack antibodies. In their first few hours of life, neonates must suckle good quality colostrum from the dam to obtain maternal antibodies (immunoglobulins). Which of the following factors might compromise the quality of colostrum?

Disease during gestation
Late-gestation vaccination of dam
Maternal rejection of neonate
Neonatal prematurity

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