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Diversity and fluctuation in ciliate protozoan population in the rumen of cattle.
Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho - 1 Sept 2016
Abrar Arfan, Watanabe Haruki, Kitamura Tasuku, Kondo Makoto, Ban-Tokuda Tomomi, Matsui Hiroki
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to investigate the diversity and fluctuation in the ciliate protozoan population in the rumen of cattle. DNA was extracted from the rumen of three ruminally cannulated, crossbred cattle and a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-derived clone library was constructed, using a specific primer set targeting 18S ribosomal RNA genes of ciliate protozoa. DNA fragments of seven selected clones...
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