Whole-body microbiota of newborn calves and their response to prenatal vitamin and mineral supplementation.

ABSTRACT: Early life microbial colonization and factors affecting colonization patterns are gaining interest due to recent developments suggesting that early life microbiome may play a role in Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. In cattle, limited information exists on the early microbial colonization of anatomical sites involved in bovine health beyond the gastrointestinal tract. Here, we investigated 1) the initial microbial colonization of seven different anatomical locations in newborn calves and 2) whether these early life microbial communities and 3) serum cytokine profiles are influenced by prenatal vitamin and mineral (VTM) supplementation. Samples were collected from the hoof, liver, lung, nasal cavity, eye, rumen (tissue and fluid), and vagina of beef calves that were born from da

SUBMITTER: Luecke SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10331429 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature