AUTHOR=Souza Damazio Campos de , da Silva Daniela Gomes , Fonseca Lana Cristine Coelho , de Castro Fiori Letícia , Monteiro Bruno Moura , Bernardes Otávio , Viana Rinaldo Batista , Fagliari José Jurandir TITLE=Passive Immunity Transfer in Water Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) JOURNAL=Frontiers in Veterinary Science VOLUME=7 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.00247 DOI=10.3389/fvets.2020.00247 ISSN=2297-1769 ABSTRACT=
This study aimed to evaluate passive immunity transfer in healthy buffalo calves. Colostrum samples from heifers (without previous calving) and primiparous and pluriparous dams and blood samples from their offspring were obtained at calving, before colostrum intake, and at 24, 48, and 72 h after calving for determination of serum activities of gammaglutamyltransferase and alkaline phosphatase and serum concentrations of total protein (TP), immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG, and lactoferrin. The results were analyzed as repeated measures, and differences were considered statistically significant at