Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Meale SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4853645 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meale Sarah J SJ Li Shucong S Azevedo Paula P Derakhshani Hooman H Plaizier Jan C JC Khafipour Ehsan E Steele Michael A MA
Frontiers in microbiology 20160503
The nature of weaning, considered the most stressful and significant transition experienced by dairy calves, influences the ability of a calf to adapt to the dramatic dietary shift, and thus, can influence the severity of production losses through the weaning transition. However, the effects of various feeding strategies on the development of rumen or fecal microbiota across weaning are yet to be examined. Here we characterized the pre- and post-weaning ruminal and fecal microbiomes of Holstein ...[more]