Bovine immunoglobulins following induced parturition.
Immunoglobulins in colostrum that are absorbed into the calf's blood were studied in cows in which parturition was induced by corticosteroids 3 to 22 days before expected full-term calving. The colostral and calf serum concentrations of IgG were not different from those in cows and their calves at full-term calving. Colostral IgG content decreased precipitously between 2 and 12 hours postpartum in both groups of cows.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000276:immunology; D002417:Cattle / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D003126:Colostrum / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005443:Flumethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis*; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy
D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D005443:Flumethasone