Effect of ensiled mulberry leaves and sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace on the fecal bacterial community composition in finishing steers

Abstract Background Here, we aimed to investigate the effects of ensiled mulberry leaves (EML) and sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace (SMFP) on fecal bacterial communities in Simmental crossbred finishing steers. To this end, the steers were reared on a standard TMR diet, standard diet containing EML,...

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Main Authors: Yan Li, Qingxiang Meng, Bo Zhou, Zhenming Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-017-1011-9