Animal-to-animal variation in fecal microbial diversity among beef cattle.

ABSTRACT: The intestinal microbiota of beef cattle are important for animal health, food safety, and methane emissions. This full-length sequencing survey of 11,171 16S rRNA genes reveals animal-to-animal variation in communities that cannot be attributed to breed, gender, diet, age, or weather. Beef communities differ from those of dairy. Core bovine taxa are identified.

SUBMITTER: Durso LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2901724 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature