R. C. Neves

Skeletal muscle transcriptome alterations associated with ketosis in postpartum dairy cows.

Excessive body fat mobilization during the transition period overwhelms hepatic fatty acid (FA) oxidative capacity, leading to increased ketone body production and ketosis in dairy cows. Skeletal muscle (SM) has been shown to uptake and oxidize FA via mitochondrial β-oxidation and may play a crucial role in counteracti...