The relationship between ruminal mat consistency of calves and mortality or immunity

Abstract Two studies were conducted on the relationship between ruminal mat consistency (RMC) and (1) calf mortality or (2) immunity. Assessment of RMC was by ten repeated manual compressions of the middle rumen; good-RMC showed no fluid bounce-back (FBB), while poor-RMC showed FBB. The first study...

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Main Authors: Shinsuke Abe, Kazuho Suzuki, Yosuke Sasaki, Masahiro Yasuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02398-w
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