Affiliation:
1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
Abstract
The intricate relationships between a host animal and its resident gut microbiomes provide opportunities for dealing with energy efficiency and production challenges in the livestock industry. Here, we applied the enterotype concept to the gut microbiome in young goats and found that it can be classified into two enterotypes which are apparently associated with divergences in gut fermentation, blood biochemistry, and goat growth rates.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
MOE | Chinese Universities Scientific Fund
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology