The acquisition of passive immunity in the new-born piglet

By J. Rooke, I. Bland. 2002

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Small Animals

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In Agronomy and Crop Science

1. P. Herpin
2. J. L. Dividich
3. P. Tummaruk
4. J. Rooke

In Small Animals

1. P. Herpin
2. J. L. Dividich
3. P. Tummaruk
4. J. Rooke

Citations in the corpus

• Non-infectious causes of pre-weaning mortality in piglets (2016, background): “Colostrum is a rich source of digestible nutrients and various bioactive compounds such as immunoglobulins, hydrolytic enzymes, hormones, and growth factors (Rooke and Bland, 2002; Wu et al., 2010), thus, it plays a key role in piglet thermoregulation, the acquisition of passive immunity and intesti”
• Nutritional and immunological importance of colostrum for the new-born pig (2005, methodology): “Increasing the vitamin A and E content of the diet of the sow has been shown to influence the IgG status of the piglet in several studies (reviewed by Rooke & Bland 2002).”