Technical note: The persistence of microbial-specific dna sequences through gastric digestion in lambs and their potential use as microbial markers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2812-2816

  Belanche, A ^a,b   de la Fuente, G ^a   Yanez Ruiz D R ^c   Newbold, C J ^b   Calleja, L ^a   Balcells, J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d ETSEA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Protozoa; Purine base; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Ribosomal dna; Rumen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIGESTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIGESTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC MARKERS; OMASUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMEN; SHEEP; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 80052651613     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3193     Document Type: Article

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