Concentrate supplementation improves cold-season environmental fitness of grazing yaks: responsive changes in the rumen microbiota and metabolome

Concentrate supplementation improves cold-season environmental fitness of grazing yaks: responsive changes in the rumen microbiota and metabolome

Yak (Bos grunniens) is an important economic animal species on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Yaks grazed in the cold season often suffer from nutritional stress, resulting in low production performance. This situation can be improved by properly feeding the grazing yaks in the cold season; however, the...

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Main Authors: Simeng Yi, Hao Wu, Yue Liu, Dongwen Dai, Qingxiang Meng, Shatuo Chai, Shujie Liu, Zhenming Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
yak
rumen
microbiota
metabolomics
concentrate supplementation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1247251/full

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