Potential biomarker: Predicting ketosis

13-08-2020 | |
Ketosis is a common metabolic disorder in dairy cows that can lead to enormous economic losses. Photo: Mark Pasveer
Ketosis is a common metabolic disorder in dairy cows that can lead to enormous economic losses. Photo: Mark Pasveer
Ketosis is one of the major prevalent metabolic disorders in dairy cows, one that is influenced by both genetic and nutritional factors. Studying altered gene expression is a significant move towards determining potential molecular markers for predicting the incidence of ketosis. Researchers at Sichuan Agricultural University carried out a study where they employed a whole blood transcriptome approach to investigate the associated alteration of gene expression with clinical ketosis in dairy cow


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