Composition of Rumen Bacterial Community in Dairy Cows With Different Levels of Somatic Cell Counts.

ABSTRACT: Mastitis is an inflammatory disease, affects the dairy industry and has a severe economic impact. During subclinical mastitis, milk production and milk quality deteriorates. Recently, rumen microbial composition has been linked to rumen health, but few studies have investigated the effect of rumen microbiota on mammary health in cows. This study was undertaken to identify the rumen microbial composition and associated microbial fermentation in cows with different somatic cell counts (SCC), with the speculation that cows with different health statuses of the mammary gland have different rumen bacterial composition and diversity. A total of 319 Holstein dairy cows fed the same diet and under the same management were selected and divided into four groups as SCC1 (N = 175), SCC2 (N</

SUBMITTER: Zhong Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312127 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature