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KMID : 1025520060480060889
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Journal of Animal Science and Technology
2006 Volume.48 No. 6 p.889 ~ p.896
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Effects of Maternal Nursing Potential on Blood Metabolites, Body Weight Gain and Disease Occurrence of Hanwoo Calves
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Kwon Eung-Gi
Park Byung-Ki
Cho Young-Moo
Chung Young-Hoon
Chang Sun-Sik
Cho Won-Mo
Jeon B. S.
Kang Su-Won
Lee Chang-Woo
Baek Bong-Hyun
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Abstract
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This study was arranged to investigate effects of maternal nursing potential on immune metabolites in blood, body weight gain and occurrence of disease in Hanwoo calves. Forty experimental calves were used and allocated into two groups with different maternal nursing potential. Thus, high or low maternal nursing potential group had twenty calves, respectively. The concentrations of IGF-I, RBC, Ca and IP in blood were similar between two groups, except for RBC. RBC concentration in blood from high maternal nursing potential group was significantly higher compared with low maternal nursing potential group at 5 days after birth (p<0.05). The concentrations of IgG, albumin, total protein and GGT in blood were similar between two groups during the whole experimental period. The days from birth had no effects on the concentration of IgG, albumin and GGT in blood from two groups, except for total protein. Similarly, the maternal nursing potential had no direct effect on body weight of calves, but body weight in high maternal nursing potential group tended to be higher compared with low maternal nursing potential group at 6 months age. The occurrence of respiratory disease and diarrhea in high maternal nursing potential group was relatively lower compared with low maternal nursing potential group. Therefore, the present study indicating that maternal nursing potential had effect on growth, and immune system in relation to disease in calves.
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KEYWORD
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Maternal nursing potential, Growth performance, Immune metabolite, Hanwoo calf
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