Linkage of microbial ecology to phenotype: Correlation of rumen microbial ecology to cattle's feed efficiency

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-91

  Guan, Le Luo ^a   Nkrumah, Joshua D ^a,b   Basarab, John A ^c   Moore, Stephen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine rumen bacteria; Feed efficiency; PCR DGGE; Volatile fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; ISOVALERIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; VALERIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BREED DIFFERENCE; BULLOCK; CATTLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMEN MICROORGANISM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIGESTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EATING; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RUMEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 52649097569     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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