Early Life Nutrition and Its Effects on the Developing Heifer: Immune and Metabolic Responses to Immune Challenges
This experiment aimed to assess the effects of both preweaning nutrition and postweaning growth rate on the resilience of dairy heifers from birth to 20 months of age. Immune competence and metabolic characteristics were assessed via repeated vaccine immune challenges throughout early life. Heifers...
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| Main Authors: | Emma M. Ockenden, Victoria M. Russo, Brian J. Leury, Khageswor Giri, William J. Wales |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2025-05-01
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| Series: | Animals |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/10/1379 |
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