Comparative study of gut microbiota in Tibetan wild asses (Equus kiang) and domestic donkeys (Equus asinus) on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Tibetan wild asses (Equus Kiang) are the only wild species of perissodactyls on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and appears on the International Union for Conversation of Nature (IUCN) 2012 Red List of threatened species. Therefore, understanding the gut microbiota composition and function of wild asses c...

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Main Authors: Hongjin Liu, Xinquan Zhao, Xueping Han, Shixiao Xu, Liang Zhao, Linyong Hu, Tianwei Xu, Na Zhao, Xiaoling Zhang, Dongdong Chen, Fuquan He, Xin Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-06-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/9032.pdf