Relationship between the rumen microbiome and residual feed intake-efficiency of brahman bulls stocked on bermudagrass pastures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  McCann, Joshua C ^a   Wiley, Leanne M ^a   Forbes, T David ^b   Rouquette Jr , Francis M ^c   Tedeschi, Luis O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas Agri Life Research and Extension Center at Overton   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDETES; BRAHMAN CATTLE; BULL (BOVINE); CYNODON DACTYLON; DNA EXTRACTION; FORAGE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAZING; LENTISPHAERAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLLICUTES; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVOTELLA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; RESIDUAL FEED INTAKE; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; RUMINOCOCCACEAE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIROCHETE; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINAE; CLASSIFICATION; CYNODON; DNA SEQUENCE; EATING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYLOGENY; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BACTEROIDETES; CATTLE; CYNODON; DNA, BACTERIAL; EATING; MALE; MICROBIOTA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PREVOTELLA; RUMEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84898670650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091864     Document Type: Article

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