Microbial community composition along the digestive tract in forage- and grain-fed bison

Abstract Background Diversity and composition of microbial communities was compared across the 13 major sections of the digestive tract (esophagus, reticulum, rumen, omasum, abomasum, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, and rectum) in two captive pop...

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Main Author: Gaddy T. Bergmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-017-1161-x