Code
01D28410
Duration
01 October 2010 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal biology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary medicine
- Other veterinary sciences
- Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Keywords
dairy cow
adipose tissue
insulin resistance
Project description
Obesity around the moment of calving increases the risk to develop metabolic, infectious and reproductive diseases in high yielding dairy cows. In this project, the role of the adipose tissue in the parthogenesis of these diseases, will be examined macroscopically, microscopically and molecularly.