Solid diet manipulates rumen epithelial microbiota and its interactions with host transcriptomic in young ruminants.

ABSTRACT: Solid diet supplementation in the early life stages of ruminants could improve rumen microbiota and tissue development. However, most studies focus on bacteria in the rumen content community. The microbiota attached on rumen epithelium are rarely investigated, and their correlations with rumen content bacteria and host transcripts are unknown. In this study, rumen digesta attached in the epithelium from goats in three diet regimes (milk replacer only, milk replacer supplemented concentrate and milk replacer supplemented concentrate plus alfalfa pellets) were collected for measurement of the epithelial microbiota using next generation sequencing. Correspondingly, the rumen tissues of the same animals were measured with the host transcriptome. The distinct microbial structures and compositio

SUBMITTER: Chai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9292864 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature