Long-term effects of prior diets, dietary transition and pregnancy on adipose gene expression in dairy heifers.

Adipose tissue is highly involved in whole-body metabolism and is the main site for lipid synthesis, storage and mobilization in ruminants. Therefore, knowledge about adipose tissue responses to different diets is important, especially in growing heifers as the feeding regimes of replacement heifers...

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Main Authors: Hilde K L Wærp, Sinéad M Waters, Matthew S McCabe, Paul Cormican, Ragnar Salte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218723