Multiomics insights into rumen microbiome and function in grazing lambs: implications for nutrient absorption and grassland sustainability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The center of sustainable development of grassland husbandry is the balance between forage intake and growth characteristics of animals, and one of the keys to restricting the conversion efficiency of forage intake is the digestibility of forage produced by rumen microorganisms. Thus, the interaction between grass intake and rumen microbial fermentation is a key driver of both ruminant productivity and grassland ecosystem health. However, interactions between grass species, supplementary feeding, rumen microbiome, and rumen epithelium function, remain poorly understood.

Results

We employed metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses, coupled with single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of rumen wall and serum metabolomics, to investigate how the rumen microbiome re

SUBMITTER: Ma X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12817819 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature