Understanding seasonal weight loss tolerance in dairy goats: a transcriptomics approach

Abstract Background Seasonal weight loss (SWL) is a very important limitation to the production of ruminants in the Mediterranean and Tropical regions. In these areas, long dry seasons lead to poor pastures with low nutritional value. During the dry season, ruminants, particularly those raised in ex...

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Main Authors: José Ricardo Parreira, Lorenzo Enrique Hernández-Castellano, Anastasio Argüello, Juan Capote, Noemí Castro, Susana de Sousa Araújo, André Martinho de Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-020-06968-2