Vaginal and Uterine Bacterial Communities in Postpartum Lactating Cows.

ABSTRACT: Reproductive inefficiency in cattle has major impacts on overall productivity of cattle operations, increasing cost of production, and impacting the sustainability of the cattle enterprise. Decreased reproductive success and associated disease states have been correlated with the presence of specific microbes and microbial community profiles, yet details of the relationship between microbial communities and host physiology are not well known. The present study profiles and compares the microbial communities in the bovine uterus and vagina using 16S rRNA sequencing of the V1-V3 hypervariable region at the time of artificial insemination. Significant differences (p < 0.05) between the vaginal and uterine communities were observed at the level of α-diversity metrics, including Chao1, S

SUBMITTER: Clemmons BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5463355 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature