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The oral efficacy of chicken egg yolk immunoglobulins (yIg) specific for bovine rotavirus (BRV) serotypes G6 and G10 in protecting neonatal calves was examined in a herd of cattle under field conditions. In one of the three trials, yIg-treated calves tested under high relative humidity (RH) showed a significantly increased mean body weight (P<0.05) and a decrease in number of calves shedding high titer of BRV (G6) in stool compared to control calves (P<0.01), suggesting that our yIg product was effective in a field condition with an epidemic outbreak of BRV diarrhea.
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Received April 1, 1996 Accepted October 7, 1996
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Kuroki, M., Ohta, M., Ikemori, Y. et al. Field evaluation of chicken egg yolk immunoglobulins specific for bovine rotavirus in neonatal calves. Arch. Virol. 142, 843–851 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007050050123
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007050050123