The presence of a prolonged inflammatory profile in cows that develop CE was supported by significantly higher IL1A (FC 25), IL1B (FC 41), IL6 (FC 126), IL17A (FC 10) in uterine biopsies from CE cows at 21 DPP relative to HC cow samples (Fig. 6a, [blue bars]). This evidence concerns the gene IL1A and cholesteryl ester measurement.