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SUBMITTER: Phillips KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6123494 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Phillips Kaitlyn M KM Read Casey C CC Kriese-Anderson Lisa A LA Rodning Soren P SP Brandebourg Terry D TD Biase Fernando H FH Marks M Landon ML Elmore Joshua B JB Stanford M Kent MK Dyce Paul W PW
Scientific reports 20180904 1
Infertility remains the most prevalent reason for cattle being removed from production environments. We utilized metabolomic profiling to identify metabolites in the blood plasma that may be useful in identifying infertile heifers at the time of artificial insemination (AI). Prior to AI, phenotypic parameters including body condition, weight, and reproductive organ measurements were collected. These were determined not effective at differentiating between fertile and infertile heifers. Analysis ...[more]