Heritable and Nonheritable Rumen Bacteria Are Associated with Different Characters of Lactation Performance of Dairy Cows

ABSTRACT Recent studies have reported that some rumen microbes are heritable. However, it is necessary to clarify the functions and specific contributions of the heritable rumen microbes to cattle phenotypes (microbiability) in comparison with those that are nonheritable. This study aimed to identif...

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Published in:	mSystems
Main Authors:	Xin-Wei Zang, Hui-Zeng Sun, Ming-Yuan Xue, Zhe Zhang, Graham Plastow, Tianfu Yang, Le Luo Guan, Jian-Xin Liu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2022-10-01
Subjects:	heritable microbial taxa microbiability lactation traits dairy cows
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00422-22