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Host adapted intramammary infections in pregnant heifers which were co-housed and reared on fresh milk as calves

BACKGROUND: Heifers can calve down with intramammary infections (IMI) and udder damage. This will have a negative impact on their longevity, future milk yield and financial return. Co-housed pre-weaned calves that are fed fresh milk have the opportunity to suckle each other’s teats and may infect ud...

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Autores principales: Petzer, Inge-Marié, Karzis, Joanne, Lesosky, Maia, Watermeyer, Johanna C, Badenhorst, Renette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-9-49

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