SAFECALF: Risk mitigating strategies and biomarkers in the new health and welfare paradigm of rearing calves
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Starting date:
01/06/2020
End date:
31/05/2023
Programme:
Ruminant Production
Principal investigator:
Financing entities:
The hypothesis of SAFECALF is that young calves arriving to the rearing facilities from auction markets have dysfunction of the intestinal epithelia and their immune status is compromised due to a deficient postnatal management, malnutrition and stress during transport. Pre-transport nutritional strategies will improve the intestinal epithelia and immune system decreasing disease incidence and mortality.
