Microbial diversity within the digestive tract contents of Dezhou donkeys.

Gastrointestinal microbiota has significant impact on the nutrition and health of monogastric herbivores animals including donkey. However, so far the microbiota in different gastrointestinal compartments of healthy donkey has not been described. Therefore, we investigated the abundance and function...

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Main Authors: Guiqin Liu, Gerelchimeg Bou, Shaofeng Su, Jingya Xing, Honglei Qu, Xinzhuang Zhang, Xisheng Wang, Yiping Zhao, Manglai Dugarjaviin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226186