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Somatic cell count-based selection reduces susceptibility to energy shortage during early lactation in a sheep model.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Mar 2018
Bouvier-Muller J, Allain C, Enjalbert F, Farizon Y, Portes D, Foucras G, Rupp R
Abstract excerpt
During the transition from late gestation to early lactation ruminants experience a negative energy balance (NEB), which is considered to increase susceptibility to mammary infections. Our previous study in 2 divergent lines of sheep selected for high and low somatic cell score (SCS) suggested an association between the response to NEB and genetic susceptibility to mastitis. Forty-eight early-lactation...
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