Whole Blood Transcriptome Analysis in Dairy Ewes Fed a Dietary Grape Pomace Supplementation

Abstract

The present study aims to evaluate the effect of a dietary supplementation with 10% grape pomace (GP) on the whole blood transcriptome of lactating ewes. By applying a log2FC higher than 0.5 or lower than −0.5 and a false discovery rate (FDR) p p > 0.05). Overall, the introduction of GP in the diet of ewes gave indications of greater efficacy in preserving animal welfare, with interesting cues regarding the valorization of a by-product with a high biological value.

Keywords

• dairy ewes
• animal welfare
• grape pomace
• transcriptomics
• RNA-seq