Community structure of the metabolically active rumen bacterial and archaeal communities of dairy cows over the transition period.

Community structure of the metabolically active rumen bacterial and archaeal communities of dairy cows over the transition period.

Dairy cows experience dramatic changes in host physiology from gestation to lactation period and dietary switch from high-forage prepartum diet to high-concentrate postpartum diet over the transition period (parturition +/- three weeks). Understanding the community structure and activity of the rume...

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Main Authors: Zhigang Zhu, Samantha Joan Noel, Gareth Frank Difford, Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Asker Brejnrod, Søren Johannes Sørensen, Jan Lassen, Peter Løvendahl, Ole Højberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5678694?pdf=render

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