Animal-to-Animal Variation in Fecal Microbial Diversity among Beef Cattle
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: The intestinal microbiota of beef cattle are important for animal health, food safety, and methane emissions. This full-length sequencing survey of 11,171 16S rRNA genes reveals animal-to-animal variation in communities that cannot be attributed to breed, gender, diet, age, or weather. Beef communities differ from those of dairy. Core bovine taxa are identified.
DOI: 10.1128/aem.00207-10
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture
OpenAlex ID: W2128415851