Whole blood microarray and bioinformatics analysis of young South China tigers differences in gene expression levels between natural breastfeeding and artificial feeding management

This study was designed to identify differentially expressed (DE) genes between natural breastfeeding young South China tiger whole blood and artificial feeding young South China tiger whole blood through microarray and bioinformatics analysis, thus trying to identify modified metabolic pathways as a consequence of milk replacer during the suckling period. 4 samples from 1 natural breastfeeding young South China tiger in experiment NB, 4 samples from 4 artificial feeding young South China tigers in experiment AF.