The ruminal bacterial community in lactating dairy cows has limited variation on a day-to-day basis
Abstract Dairy cows rely on a complex ruminal microbiota to digest their host-indigestible feed. Our ability to characterize this microbiota has advanced significantly due to developments in next-generation sequencing. However, efforts to sample the rumen, which typically involves removing digesta d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40104-019-0375-0 |