Influence of the At-Arrival Host Transcriptome on Bovine Respiratory Disease Incidence during Backgrounding.

ABSTRACT: Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) remains the leading disease within the U.S. beef cattle industry. Marketing decisions made prior to backgrounding may shift BRD incidence into a different phase of production, and the importance of host gene expression on BRD incidence as it relates to marketing strategy is poorly understood. Our objective was to compare the influence of marketing on host transcriptomes measured on arrival at a backgrounding facility on the subsequent probability of being treated for BRD during a 45-day backgrounding phase. This study, through RNA-Seq analysis of blood samples collected on arrival, evaluated gene expression differences between cattle which experienced a commercial auction setting (AUCTION) versus cattle directly shipped to backgrounding from the cow-calf ph

SUBMITTER: Green MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10053706 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature