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Assessment of Rumen Microbiota from a Large Dairy Cattle Cohort Reveals the Pan and Core Bacteriomes Contributing to Varied Phenotypes.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2018
Xue Mingyuan, Sun Huizeng, Wu Xuehui, Guan Le Luo, Liu Jianxin
Abstract excerpt
Currently, knowledge on the extent to which rumen microbiota differ in a large population of cattle fed the same diet and whether such differences are associated with animal performance is limited. This study was conducted to characterize the rumen microbiota of a large cohort of lactating Holstein dairy cows (n = 334) that were fed the same diet and raised under the same environment, aiming to uncover linkages...
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