The gastrointestinal microbiome in dairy cattle is constrained by the deterministic driver of the region and the modified effect of diet

Abstract Background Dairy cattle (Bos taurus), especially Holstein cows, which are the highest-producing dairy animals and are widely bred to provide milk products to humans, rely critically on their associated gastrointestinal tract (GIT) microbiota to digest plant feed. However, the region-specifi...

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Main Authors: Limei Lin, Zheng Lai, Jiyou Zhang, Weiyun Zhu, Shengyong Mao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01453-2