Buggiotti, Laura http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7404-7800
Cheng, Zhangrui
Salavati, Mazdak
Wathes, Claire D.
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Fahey, Alan
Crisà, Alessandra
Fouladi, Ali
Wylie, Alistair
Vanlierde, Amelie
Fogh, Anders
Santoro, Andreia
Cromie, Andrew
Van Laere, Anne-Sophie
Pearn, Armin
Evertson, Arnold
Laine, Aurelie
Bernardo, Beatriz Sanz
Moioli, Bianca
Vanranst, Bonny
Bastin, Catherine
Gaillard, Charlotte
Tan, Chen
Elsik, Chris
Marchitelli, Cinzia
Wathes, Claire
Grelet, Clement
Byrne, Colin
Ferris, Conrad
Matthews, Daragh
Triant, Deborah
Werling, Dirk
Matthews, Elizabeth
Meyer, Else
Froidmont, Eric
Signorelli, Federica
Carter, Fiona
Napolitano, Francesco
Kearney, Francis
Becker, Frank
Colinet, Frederic
Dehareng, Frederic
Conant, Gavin
Opsomer, Geert
Pollott, Geoff
Wang, Guiqiang
Hua, Guohua
Bogaert, Hannes
Takeda, Haruko
Hammami, Hedi
Chen, Huanchun
Vandepitte, Jan
Rothmann, Janne
Ettema, Jehan
De Koster, Jenne
McClure, Jennifer
Taylor, Jerry
Hoglund, Johanna
Zhao, Junlong
Ingvartsen, Klaus
Hermans, Kristof
Vandevelde, Leila
Foldager, Leslie
Yang, Liguo
Kosten, Linda
Buttazzoni, Luca
Pamplona, Marilou Ramos
Crowe, Mark
Sciarretta, Marlène
Schulze, Martin
Sorensen, Martin Tang
Bell, Matt
McClure, Matt
Lucy, Matthew
Salavati, Mazdak
Bonneau, Michel
Georges, Michel
Vaneetvelde, Mieke
Hostens, Miel
Krogh, Mogens
McLoughlin, Niamh
Gengler, Nicolas
Rudd, Pauline
Mota, Rodrigo
O’Flaherty, Roisin
Darbagshahi, Saied Naderi
Moerman, Sander
Vera, Sergio Palma
Zhang, Shujun
Hallinan, Sinead
Ostergaard, Soren
Dahl, Susanne
Andersen, Thomas
Rousing, Tine
Larsen, Torben
Silva de Oliveira, Victor H.
Chen, Xing
Cheng, Zhangrui
Funding for this research was provided by:
Seventh Framework Programme (613689)
Article History
Received: 27 November 2020
Accepted: 6 September 2021
First Online: 25 September 2021
Declarations
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: The data in this study were collected as a part of the Genotype plus Environment (GplusE) FP7-Project (). All procedures had local ethical approval and complied with the relevant national and EU legislation under the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 543 of 2012).<i>University College Dublin (UCD), Schools of Veterinary Medicine; and Agriculture and Food Science), Belfield. Dublin 4, Ireland.</i> The University farm is a licenced premise for the conduct of animal based research under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 as amended by European Communities regulations 2002 and 2005 (as required under the European Union Directive 2010/63/EU). Animal experiments were approved by the University College Dublin animal research ethics committee. The licence to perform this experiment was ref. B100/2177.<i>The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Hillsborough, Co. Down, UK, BT26 6DR.</i> Animal experimentation was performed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and covered by a Home Office Project Licence and a Certificate of Designation for the Establishment. The work was also approved by the AFBI Ethical Review Committee.<i>Aarhus University (AU), Department of Animal Science, Denmark.</i> The work was approved by the Danish Animal Experiments Inspectorate and complied with the Danish and EU Laws concerning animal experimentation and care of experimental animals.<i>Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Italy (CREA).</i> The cows involved in this project were supervised in compliance with the Italian law and regulations regarding experimental work on animals. The CREA-PCM is authorized to use farm animals for experimental design (as stated in DM 26/96–4 of Italian Welfare Ministry).<i>Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, Department for Quality of Agricultural Products (CRA-W).</i> All the procedures were approved by the regional ethics committee in animal experimentation (Walloon Region, Belgium) and were in compliance with European Communities regulations 2002 and 2005 (as required under the European Union Directive 2010/63/EU).<i>Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology - FBN Dummerstorf.</i> All procedures were approved by the research ethical committee of FBN based on the German and EU legislation (European Union Directive 2010/63/EU) concerning the use of research animals in relation to the welfare and care of experimental animals.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.