Principal Investigator: Sabine Mann

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 

Dairy calves are typically separated from their dams after birth and fed regular milk after a single colostrum feeding. Cows produce so called transition milk for the first week after calving which is richer in nutrients and immunologically active factors than milk and thus may have important roles in newborn immune development. We aim to study its effect on calf disease risk and immune phenotype.