Vitamin D supplement may enhance dairy cows’ immune health (IMAGE)

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Vitamin D supplement may enhance dairy cows’ immune health

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Levels of several types of white blood cells before and after birth of calves, in cows supplemented with different forms (calcidiol, CA; or cholecalciferol, CH) and levels (1 mg or 3 mg) of vitamin D.

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A. Vieira-Neto, M.B. Poindexter, M. Nehme Marinho, R. Zimpel, A. Husnain, A.C.M. Silva, J.G. Prim, C.D. Nelson, and J.E.P. Santos

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