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Estimation of the Association Between the Rumen Bacterial Abundance and Host Phenotypes of Lactating Dairy Cows Using Structural Equation Modeling.
Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho - 1 Jan 2026
Takizawa Shuhei, Tomaru Tomohisa, Hashiba Kenji, Fujimori Miho, Shinkai Takumi, Terada Fuminori
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This study aimed to determine the association between the rumen bacterial abundance and the host phenotypes of dairy cows by performing structural equation modeling (SEM). Two herds of milking Holstein cows in Hokkaido and Gunma prefectures in Japan were examined. To improve the goodness-of-fit of the model, rumen bacteria were categorized into four groups based on the relative abundance in rumen microbiota and...
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