Effect of Pre-weaning Diet on the Ruminal Archaeal, Bacterial, and Fungal Communities of Dairy Calves

Effect of Pre-weaning Diet on the Ruminal Archaeal, Bacterial, and Fungal Communities of Dairy Calves

At birth, calves display an underdeveloped rumen that eventually matures into a fully functional rumen as a result of solid food intake and microbial activity. However, little is known regarding the gradual impact of pre-weaning diet on the establishment of the rumen microbiota. Here, we employed ne...

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Main Authors: Juliana Dias, Marcos I. Marcondes, Melline F. Noronha, Rafael T. Resende, Fernanda S. Machado, Hilário C. Mantovani, Kimberly A. Dill-McFarland, Garret Suen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
microbiota
archaea
bacteria
fungi
rumen
dairy calves
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01553/full

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