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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Main Authors: José M. Sánchez, Kate Keogh, Alan K. Kelly, Colin J. Byrne, Pat Lonergan, David A. Kenny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93080-4

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