Systems physiology in dairy cattle: Nutritional genomics and beyond

Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 365-392

  Loor, Juan J ^a,b   Bionaz, Massimo ^c   Drackley, James K ^a,b  

^a Department of Animal Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioinformatics; lactation; microarray; next generation sequencing; nutrition; ruminant

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENOMICS;

EID: 84888042882     PISSN: 21658102     EISSN: 21658110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-animal-031412-103728     Document Type: Article

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