A high plane of nutrition during early life alters the hypothalamic transcriptome of heifer calves
Abstract The aim was to examine the effect of rapid body weight gain during early calfhood consistent with earlier sexual development on the transcriptional profile of the hypothalamus. Angus X Holstein–Friesian heifer calves (19 ± 5 days of age) were offered a high (HI, n = 14) or moderate (MOD, n ...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-07-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93080-4 |