Effects of forage type on the rumen microbiota, growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality in fattening goats

Forages fed to goats influence ruminal microbiota, and further contribute to affect growth performance, meat quality and its nutritional composition. Our objective for current study was to investigate the effects of different forages on growth performance, carcass traits, meat nutritional compositio...

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Main Authors: Zhou-lin Wu, Xue Yang, Jiamin Zhang, Wei Wang, Dayu Liu, Bo Hou, Ting Bai, Rui Zhang, Yin Zhang, Hanyang Liu, Hongwen Hu, Yunhong Xia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2023.1147685/full