Effect of dietary concentrate to forage ratio on growth performance, rumen fermentation and bacterial diversity of Tibetan sheep under barn feeding on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

• Published in: PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 7; p. e7462
• Main Authors: Liu, Hongjin, Xu, Tianwei, Xu, Shixiao, Ma, Li, Han, Xueping, Wang, Xungang, Zhang, Xiaoling, Hu, Linyong, Zhao, Na, Chen, Yongwei, Pi, Li, Zhao, Xinquan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States PeerJ. Ltd 05.08.2019; PeerJ, Inc; PeerJ Inc
• Subjects: 16S rRNA; Acetic acid; Bacteria; Biodiversity; Community structure; Concentrate-to-forage ratio; Diet; Energy management; Energy utilization; Experiments; Fatty acids; Feeding; Feeds; Fermentation; Genes; Growth; Growth performance; Legal fees; Livestock; Microbiology; Microorganisms; Next-generation sequencing; Nutrition; Nutrition research; Production capacity; Propionic acid; Proteins; Ratios; RNA; rRNA 16S; Rumen; Rumen bacterial diversity; Rumen fermentation; Rumen fermentation parameter; Sheep; Studies; Tibetan sheep; Veterinary Medicine; Zoology; Tibetan Plateau; China; Concentrate-to-forage ratio; 16S rRNA; Rumen fermentation parameter; Rumen bacterial diversity; Growth performance; Tibetan sheep

This study aimed to research the effects of different dietary concentrate to forage (C:F) ratio on growth performance, rumen fermentation and bacteria diversity of barn feeding Tibetan sheep. The experiment contains fiver treatments (HS1, HS2 HS3, HS4 and HS5; n  = 8, respectively) based on dietary...