Failure of Passive Transfer of Immunity
DestinyKing2018-01-09T17:11:20-07:00Red noses probably aren't all that common in reindeer. There are more serious problems. I received a call from my neighbors who were raising a reindeer calf they had named Cocoa. Cocoa weighed just 20 pounds and was dehydrating from diarrhea since his mother had neglected him. Fortunately for Cocoa, I had some experience with reindeer and realized he had not received any antibodies from his mother's milk, a condition called "failure of passive transfer of immunity." This condition also occurs in humans, horses, dogs, cats and many other species as well. Cocoa needed a transfusion to survive. Otherwise, he could [...]