Iodine Supplemented Diet Positively Affect Immune Response and Dairy Product Quality in Fresian Cow.
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SUBMITTER: Iannaccone M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6912399 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
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Iodine Supplemented Diet Positively Affect Immune Response and Dairy Product Quality in Fresian Cow.
Iannaccone Marco M Ianni Andrea A Elgendy Ramy R Martino Camillo C Giantin Mery M Cerretani Lorenzo L Dacasto Mauro M Martino Giuseppe G
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20191025 11
The effects of iodine supplementation on the whole-transcriptome of dairy cow using RNA sequencing has been investigated in this study. Iodine did not influence the milk composition, while an improvement was observed in the immune response as well as in the quality of dairy product. Indeed, the iodine intake specifically influenced the expression of 525 genes and the pathway analysis demonstrated that the most affected among them were related to immune response and oxidative stress. As a consequ ...[more]
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