G3 (Bethesda, Md.)
Genetics of retroactive measures of stress response in pigs before and after exposure to a disease challenge.
Fazhir Kayondo, Hayder Al-Shanoon, Yolande M Seddon, Dylan Carette, Carmen Cole, David M Janz, Frederic Fortin, John C S Harding, Michael K Dyck, Graham S Plastow, Pig Gen Canada, Jack C M Dekkers
Published: 202610.1093/g3journal/jkag005
Abstract
This study explored the genetics of cortisol (CL), cortisone (CN), DHEA (DH), and DHEA-S (DS) in hair of 610 pigs that was grown while they were exposed to infectious stressors (IS) from a natural polymicrobial disease challenge. Results were then co…
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