The Liquid Diet Composition Affects the Fecal Bacterial Community in Pre-weaning Dairy Calves

The Liquid Diet Composition Affects the Fecal Bacterial Community in Pre-weaning Dairy Calves

Feeding a liquid diet to the newborn calf has considerable implications for developing the intestinal microbiota, as its composition can shift the population to a highly adapted microbiota. The present work evaluated 15 Holstein calves individually housed and fed one of the three liquid diets: I – w...

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Main Authors: Gercino Ferreira Virgínio Júnior, Marina Gavanski Coelho, Ariany Faria de Toledo, Horácio Montenegro, Luiz Lehmann Coutinho, Carla Maris Machado Bittar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Animal Science
Subjects:
animal nutrition
Bifidobacterium
dairy calf
gut health
gut microbiota
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2021.649468/full

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