Effects of Dietary Linseed Oil and Propionate Precursors on Ruminal Microbial Community, Composition, and Diversity in Yanbian Yellow Cattle: e0126473

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 5
• Main Authors: Li, Xiang Z, Park, Byung K, Shin, Jong S, Choi, Seong H, Smith, Stephen B, Yan, Chang G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Bacteriodetes; Firmicutes; Prevotella; Ruminantia; Ruminococcus

The rumen microbial ecosystem is a complex system where rumen fermentation processes involve interactions among microorganisms. There are important relationships between diet and the ruminal bacterial composition. Thus, we investigated the ruminal fermentation characteristics and compared ruminal ba...