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Plasma IGF-I and lactoferrin as biomarkers of post-weaning stress and the effect of feeding probiotic to low body weight calves for the improvement of growth performance in crossbred KF calves

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Title Plasma IGF-I and lactoferrin as biomarkers of post-weaning stress and the effect of feeding probiotic to low body weight calves for the improvement of growth performance in crossbred KF calves
 
Creator N, ANAND LAXMI
SEHGAL, J P
PRASAD, SHIV
S, NAMAGIRILAKSHMI
SHASHIKANT, DAMODER
 
Subject Body weight; Calves; IGF-I, Lactoferrin; Post-weaned; Stress
 
Description Management practices as well as environmental and pathological stresses have an impact on growth performances and health status of calves. Lactoferrin is a glycoprotein and is a prominent component of host-defense against infection. Insulin like growth factor I (IGF-I) has been established as a biochemical indicator for different production traits. The present study was under taken to evaluate the role of IGF-I and lactoferrin as biomarkers for growth performances and health status in female crossbred KF calves and the effect of probiotic (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) supplementation on growth performance in post-weaned calves. Plasma concentration of these factors were correlated with growth performances in terms of body weight gain, dry matter intake, feed conversion efficiency, metabolic body weight gain in post-weaned calves. Calves exhibiting normal body weight (HBW) and the ones exhibiting lesser body weight (LBW) with respect to age (P
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2012-01-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/13857
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 82, No 1 (2012)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/13857/6879
 
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