Rumen Microbiome Composition Is Altered in Sheep Divergent in Feed Efficiency

Rumen Microbiome Composition Is Altered in Sheep Divergent in Feed Efficiency

Rumen microbiome composition and functionality is linked to animal feed efficiency, particularly for bovine ruminants. To investigate this in sheep, we compared rumen bacterial and archaeal populations (and predicted metabolic processes) of sheep divergent for the feed efficiency trait feed conversi...

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Main Authors: Steven McLoughlin, Charles Spillane, Noel Claffey, Paul E. Smith, Tommy O’Rourke, Michael G. Diskin, Sinéad M. Waters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Greenhouse Gas
feed efficiency
sheep
ruminant
microbiome
metagenomics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01981/full

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