Milk fat composition is an important trait for the dairy industry as it directly influences the
nutritional and technological properties of milk and other dairy products. The synthesis of …

Lactation persistency and milk production are among the most economically important traits
in the dairy industry. In this study, we explored the association of over 6.1 million imputed …

Western diet (WD) is one of the major culprits of metabolic disease including type 2 diabetes
(T2D) with gut microbiota playing an important role in modulating effects of the diet. Herein …

ABSTRACTS Genome-wide association studies are a powerful tool to identify genomic
regions and variants associated with phenotypes. However, only limited mutual confirmation …

Background: Undernutrition is a prevalent, serious, and growing concern, particularly in
developing countries. Entomophagy—the human consumption of edible insects, is a …

Background Over the last years, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) based on
imputed whole-genome sequences (WGS) have been used to detect quantitative trait loci …

Native cattle breeds can carry specific signatures of selection reflecting their adaptation to
the local environmental conditions and response to the breeding strategy used. In this study …

Contents of milk fatty acids (FA) display remarkable alterations along climatic gradients.
Detecting candidate genes underlying such alterations might be beneficial for the …

Fourier-transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectroscopy is a high-throughput and inexpensive
methodology used to evaluate concentrations of fat and protein in dairy cattle milk samples …

Milk fat is the most important and energy-rich substance in milk, and its content and
composition are important reference elements in the evaluation of milk quality. However, the …