Temporal changes in the fecal bacterial community in Holstein dairy calves from birth through the transition to a solid diet

The development of a robust microbiome is critical to the health of dairy calves, but relatively little is known about the progression of the microbiome through the weaning transition. In this study, fecal samples were obtained from ten female Holstein calves at 6 timepoints between 2–13 weeks of ag...

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Main Authors: Meagan L. Hennessy, Nagaraju Indugu, Bonnie Vecchiarelli, Joseph Bender, Christa Pappalardo, Miranda Leibstein, John Toth, Ananya Katepalli, Satvik Garapati, Dipti Pitta, Suzanne L. Ishaq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7478546/?tool=EBI