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Rui Liu1, Dagnachew Hailemariam1, Christine Baes2

  • 1Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada.

Journal of animal science
|October 21, 2025
PubMed
概括

这项研究研究了影响乳牛早期哺乳期血液生物化学变量的遗传因素. 结果确定了与胺转移酶 (GGT) 和胆固醇相关的特定基因和区域,有助于改善牛健康的遗传选择.

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