Bingyan Jin, Ruoqian Wang, Jiada Hu, Yan Wang, Panpan Cheng, Jiancong Zhang, Jiahui Zhang, Gang Xue, Yan Zhu, Yunhai Zhang, Fugui Fang, Ya Liu, Yunsheng Li
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy toxemia is a common disease, which occurs in older does that are pregnant with multiple lambs in the third trimester. Most of the sick goats die within a few days, which can seriously impact the economic benefits of goat breeding enterprises. The disease is believed to be caused by malnutrition, stress, and other factors, that lead to the disorder of lipid metabolism, resulting in increased ketone content, ketosis, ketonuria, and neurological symptoms. However, the changes in gut microbes and their metabolism in this disease are still unclear...
January 3, 2024: BMC Veterinary Research