A transgenerational study on the effect of great-granddam birth month on granddaughter EBV for production traits in Italian Simmental cattle

A transgenerational study on the effect of great-granddam birth month on granddaughter EBV for production traits in Italian Simmental cattle

ABSTRACT: Heat tolerance is a key feature of resilient animals. Offspring of animals that suffer environmental stress during pregnancy could show physiological, morphological, and metabolic modifications. This is due to a dynamic reprogramming of the epigenetics of the mammalian genome that occurs i...

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Main Authors: Nicolò P.P. Macciotta, Corrado Dimauro, Lorenzo Degano, Daniele Vicario, Alberto Cesarani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
Series:Journal of Dairy Science
Subjects:
epigenetics
heat stress
milk production
temperature-humidity index
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030223000863

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