The saturation of newborn calves by maternal antibodies in Czech dairy herds

STANĚK, Stanislav, ŠLOSÁRKOVÁ, Soňa, FLEISCHER, Petr, NEJEDLÁ, Eliška and FALDYNA, Martin. The saturation of newborn calves by maternal antibodies in Czech dairy herds. Náš chov, 2017, vol. 77(12), p. 17-20. ISSN 0027-8068.
Year2017
CathegoryPublication in specialized journals
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Abstract

Inadequate concentration of maternal antibodies in blood serum of newborn calves poses a risk of higher morbidity and subsequently their worse performance. The blood samples from a total of 1048 calves from 2 to 7 days of age from 38 herds of Holstein and Czech Fleckvieh cattle were collected from August 2015 to the end of the year 2016. The immunoglobulin IgG content was determined in all samples using a method of radial immunodiffusion (RID). The prevalence of failure of passive transfer (IgG