Microbiota members from body sites of dairy cows are largely shared within individual hosts throughout lactation but sharing is limited in the herd

Abstract Background Host-associated microbes are major determinants of the host phenotypes. In the present study, we used dairy cows with different scores of susceptibility to mastitis with the aim to explore the relationships between microbiota composition and different factors in various body site...

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Main Authors: Mahendra Mariadassou, Laurent X. Nouvel, Fabienne Constant, Diego P. Morgavi, Lucie Rault, Sarah Barbey, Emmanuelle Helloin, Olivier Rué, Sophie Schbath, Frederic Launay, Olivier Sandra, Rachel Lefebvre, Yves Le Loir, Pierre Germon, Christine Citti, Sergine Even
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:Animal Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-023-00252-w