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Analysis of the rumen bacterial diversity of goats during shift from forage to concentrate diet.
(Comité editor Journal Anaerobe, 2016-07-12)
High-grain feeding used in the animal production is known to affect the host rumen bacterial community, but our understanding of consequent changes in goats is limited. This study was therefore aimed to evaluate bacterial ...
Ruminal bacterial community changes during adaptation of goats to fresh alfalfa forage.
(Editorial Livestock Science, 2016-08-02)
Using culture-independent molecular approaches, we studied the bacterial population changes in the rumen of goats abruptly converted from alfalfa hay to fresh alfalfa diet. Administration of fresh forage with significantly ...