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| Novoa-Garrido, Margarita; Aanesen, Lise; Lind, Vibeke; Larsen, Hans J.S.; Govasmark, Espen; Steinshamn, Håvard. |
| In winter fed organic raised sheep inadequate plasma vitamin E levels is common and therefore supplementation is recommended. The objective of the present work was to test the supplementation of natural vitamin E and seaweed meal on the immune status of ewes and their offspring. Forty Norwegian White Sheep ewes were randomly allocated to three supplementation treatments: natural vitamin E, synthetic vitamin E, seaweed meal, and control. The feeding experiment lasted the entire indoor feeding period. Ewes and newborn lambs were vaccinated against different environmental microorganisms and pathogens. Different immunological parameters were measured. Supplementing the ewes with natural vitamin E had positive effect on immunity against Mycobacterium... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Sheep and goats; Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/21668/1/Novoa-Garrido_et_al_2012_Immunology_sheep.pdf |
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