Metagenomic insights into effects of thiamine supplementation on ruminal non-methanogen archaea in high-concentrate diets feeding dairy cows

Abstract Background Overfeeding of high-concentrate diet (HC) frequently leads to subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) in modern dairy cows’ production. Thiamine supplementation has been confirmed to attenuate HC induced SARA by increasing ruminal pH and ratio of acetate to propionate, and decreasing ru...

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Main Authors: Fuguang Xue, Xuemei Nan, Yunlei Li, Xiaohua Pan, Yuming Guo, Linshu Jiang, Benhai Xiong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-018-1745-0