Effects of Environmental Heat Load on Endocannabinoid System Components in Adipose Tissue of High Yielding Dairy Cows.

Citation:

Gitit Kra, Daddam, Jayasimha Rayalu , Moallem, Uzi , Kamer, Hadar , Ahmad, Majdoleen , Nemirovski, Alina , Contreras, Andres G, Tam, Joseph , and Zachut, Maya . 2022. “Effects Of Environmental Heat Load On Endocannabinoid System Components In Adipose Tissue Of High Yielding Dairy Cows.”. Animals : An Open Access Journal From Mdpi, 12, 6. doi:10.3390/ani12060795.

Abstract:

{Environmental heat load (HL) adversely affects the performance of dairy cows. The endocannabinoid system (ECS) regulates metabolism and the stress response, thus we hypothesized that HL may affect the ECS of dairy cows. Our objective was to determine the levels of endocannabinoids (eCBs) and gene and protein expressions of the ECS components in adipose tissue (AT) and plasma of early postpartum (PP) and late-lactation cows. In addition, we examined eCBs in milk, and studied the interaction of eCBs with bovine cannabinoids receptors CB1 and CB2. In the first experiment, plasma and AT were sampled from cows calving during summer (S

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