Invited review: “Probiotic” approaches to improving dairy production: Reassessing “magic foo-foo dust”
ABSTRACT: The gastrointestinal microbial consortium in dairy cattle is critical to determining the energetic status of the dairy cow from birth through her final lactation. The ruminant's microbial community can degrade a wide variety of feedstuffs, which can affect growth, as well as productio...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Elsevier
2024-04-01
|
Series: | Journal of Dairy Science |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030223007907 |