Ruminal bacterial community composition in dairy cows is dynamic over the course of two lactations and correlates with feed efficiency

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4697-4710

  Jewell, Kelsea A ^a   McCormick, Caroline A ^a   Odt, Christine L ^b   Weimer, Paul J ^a,b   Suen, Garret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; RNA;

454-PYROSEQUENCING; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FEED CONSUMPTION; FEED EFFICIENCIES; MILK PRODUCTION; NEGATIVE CORRELATION;

PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; CATTLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LACTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MILK PRODUCTION; SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BUTYRIVIBRIO; COPROCOCCUS; FIRMICUTES; MOLLICUTES; PREVOTELLA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RUMINOCOCCUS; SUCCINICLASTICUM;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BOVINE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMEN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; LACTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RUMEN;

EID: 84931438419     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00720-15     Document Type: Article

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