Low serum vitamin D concentrations in Spring-born dairy calves are associated with elevated peripheral leukocytes
Abstract A role for vitamin D in the immune system is emerging from human research but data in the bovine is limited. In the current study, 48 Holstein–Friesian calves were randomly assigned to one of 4 groups designed to expose calves to divergent vitamin D levels for a 7 month period and to determ...
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Main Authors: | Susana Flores-Villalva, Megan B. O’Brien, Cian Reid, Seán Lacey, Stephen V. Gordon, Corwin Nelson, Kieran G. Meade |
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Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/b0d7b3244eaf41d9a99730b78b9eddfd |
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