Systemic humoral immune responses and metabolic parameters in chronically Neospora caninum-infected primiparous Holstein heifers during the transition period
Piedad C. Rivas-Lopez, Evangelina Miqueo, María E. Primo, María F. Farcey, Karen D. Moran, Beatriz Valentini, Franco Fiorani, Claudia G. Morsella, Karina M. Cirone, Lucía M. Campero, Dadin P. Moore, María G. Bilbao, Jenny J. Chaparro-Gutiérrez · 2026
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Piedad Rivas-Lopez and a large team of co-authors track immune responses in dairy heifers in a 2026 study. A parasite called Neospora caninum causes pregnancy loss in cattle worldwide. The weeks around calving, the transition period, reshape a cow's metabolism and immunity at once. How antibody defense against the parasite behaves in that window was only partly known.
The team sampled seven chronically infected first-time mothers before, at, and after calving. Antibody levels against the parasite fell step by step across that span. Antibody strength and type balance were also tracked. Five uninfected heifers served as a comparison for blood chemistry, including fats and proteins. The profiles help time vaccination and care around calving.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Piedad C. Rivas-Lopez, Evangelina Miqueo, María E. Primo, María F. Farcey, Karen D. Moran, Beatriz Valentini, Franco Fiorani, Claudia G. Morsella, Karina M. Cirone, Lucía M. Campero, Dadin P. Moore, María G. Bilbao, Jenny J. Chaparro-Gutiérrez |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |