The Response of Ruminal Microbiota and Metabolites to Different Dietary Protein Levels in Tibetan Sheep on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

ABSTRACT: Ruminal microbiota and metabolites play crucial roles in animal health and productivity. Exploring the dynamic changes and interactions between microbial community composition and metabolites is important for understanding ruminal nutrition and metabolism. Tibetan sheep (Ovis aries) are an important livestock resource on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), and the effects of various dietary protein levels on ruminal microbiota and metabolites are still unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the response of ruminal microbiota and metabolites to different levels of dietary protein in Tibetan sheep. Three diets with different protein levels (low protein 10.1%, medium protein 12.1%, and high protein 14.1%) were fed to Tibetan sheep. 16S rRNA gene sequencing and gas chromatogra

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277223 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature