Associations among neutrophil function, metabolic indicators, and reproductive health in dairy cows

This thesis is an investigation of the interactions of insulin resistance (IR), metabolic markers, neutrophil function, and reproductive health in peripartum dairy cows, including the evaluation of a hand-held glucometer for diagnosis of IR. The neutrophil functions of interest were oxidative burst...

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Main Author: Wittrock, Julie
Other Authors: LeBlanc, Stephen
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10214/3611