title: Clinical outcome of calves with failure of passive transfer as diagnosed by a commercially available IgG quick test kit.
abstract: The efficacy of an IgG quick test in detecting calves with failure of passive transfer was assessed. The test was carried out on 97 male calves, 38% of which were negative (IgG < 10 mg/mL). Morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases were significantly higher in the negative group showing that the quick test is useful in identifying calves more susceptible to infectious disease.
authors: Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Alto da Ajuda, 1300 Lisboa, Portugal. stilwell@fmv.utl.pt
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Stilwell
authors: Rita C
authors: RC
authors: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D000833:Animals, Suckling / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D002417:Cattle / Q000276:immunology*; D003126:Colostrum / Q000276:immunology*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired / Q000276:immunology*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic