Taxonomic and functional adaption of the gastrointestinal microbiome of goats kept at high altitude (4800 m) under intensive or extensive rearing conditions

• Published in: FEMS microbiology ecology Vol. 97; no. 3; p. 1
• Main Authors: Zhang, Ke, He, Chong, Xu, Yangbin, Zhang, Chenguang, Li, Chao, Jing, Xu, Wang, Meili, Yang, Yuxin, Suo, Langda, Kalds, Peter, Song, Jiuzhou, Wang, Xiaolong, Brugger, Daniel, Wu, Yujiang, Chen, Yulin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.03.2021
• Subjects: Abundance; Acetic acid; Alpine environments; Altitude; Analysis; Animal Feed - analysis; Animals; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Bacitracin; Diet; Diet - veterinary; DNA sequencing; Domestic animals; Ecology; Fermentation; Flux density; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Gene sequencing; Genes; Genetic aspects; Goats; Goats - metabolism; Gut microbiota; High altitude; High-altitude environments; Hindgut; Identification and classification; Intestinal microflora; Metagenomics; Methanogenesis; Methods; Microbiology; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Microorganisms; Non-starch polysaccharides; Nucleotide sequencing; Pasture; Physiological aspects; Polysaccharides; Propionic acid; RNA sequencing; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; rRNA 16S; Rumen; Rumen - metabolism; Saccharides; Starch; Switzerland; China; highland adaptation; grazing; microbiome; hindgut; rumen; goats

ABSTRACT The gut microbiota composition is influenced by the diet as well as the environment in both wild and domestic animals. We studied the effects of two feeding systems on the rumen and hindgut microbiome of semi-feral Tibetan goats kept at high altitude (∼4800 m) using 16S rRNA gene and metage...