High-grain feeding causes strong shifts in ruminal epithelial bacterial community and expression of Toll-like receptor genes in goats

High-grain (HG) feeding used in intensive goat production can affect the physiology of the rumen wall, but the changes induced in the epimural bacterial community and host Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are not well understood. In this study, ten male goats were randomly allocated to two groups and fed...

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Main Authors: Junhua eLiu, Gaorui eBian, Weiyun eZhu, Shengyong eMao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00167/full