EFFECT OF COLOSTRAL IMMUNOGLOBULINS ON ROTAVIRUS INFECTION IN NEWBORNCALVES

Authors
SAKAI T YOON CS HAMAKAWA M
Citation
T. Sakai et al., EFFECT OF COLOSTRAL IMMUNOGLOBULINS ON ROTAVIRUS INFECTION IN NEWBORNCALVES, Agri-Practice, 17(2), 1996, pp. 11-14
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience","Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Agri-Practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
0745452X
Volume
17
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
11 - 14
Database
ISI
SICI code
0745-452X(1996)17:2<11:EOCIOR>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Powdered immunoglobulin (Ig) partially purified from freeze-dried conc entrated colostrum of Holstein cows was found to have a preventive eff ect against diarrhea caused by bovine rotavirus (BRV) in calves when g iven soon after birth. In contrast, no therapeutic effect was shown in calves that were already affected with diarrhea. The Ig powder showed BRV neutralizing antibody titers of between 1:2,048 and 1:16,384.