Assessing the Effects of Dietary Cadmium Exposure on the Gastrointestinal Tract of Beef Cattle via Microbiota and Transcriptome Profile

Cadmium (Cd) is an environmental pollutant, widely existing in soil, and can be absorbed and accumulated by plants. Hunan Province exhibits the worst cadmium contamination of farmland in China. Ruminants possess an abundant microbial population in the rumen, which enables them to tolerate various po...

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Main Authors: Xinxin Xu, Zebang Xu, Bin Yang, Kangle Yi, Fang He, Ao Sun, Jianbo Li, Yang Luo, Jiakun Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/19/3104