Metagenomic analysis of the uterine bacterial microbiota in healthy and metritic postpartum dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 291-302

  Santos, T M A ^a   Gilbert, R ^b   Bicalho, R C ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA clone library; Bacterial diversity; Dairy cow; Metritis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; METAGENOME; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UTERUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BOS; BOVINAE; FIRMICUTES; FUSOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MANNHEIMIA VARIGENA; MOLLICUTES; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 78650374859     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3668     Document Type: Article

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