Influence of nutritional management prior to adaptation to a feedlot diet on ruminal microbiota of Nellore cattle

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of either a limited forage intake or concentrate supplementation prior to the adaptation to high-concentrate diets on dry matter intake, ruminal pH, bacteria, and protozoa of Nellore cattle. The experiment was designed as a two 3×3 Lati...

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Main Authors: Ana Carolina Janssen Pinto, Gustavo Perina Bertoldi, Luana Doretto Felizari, Breno Leite Demartini, Evandro Fernando Ferreira Dias, Mariana Martins Squizatti, Antonio Marcos Silvestre, Flavio Perna Junior, Lígia Garcia Mesquita, Johnny Maciel Souza, Paulo Henrique Mazza Rodrigues, Gustavo D. Cruz, Danilo Domingues Millen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2023-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982023000100806&tlng=en