Geography, niches, and transportation influence bovine respiratory microbiome and health.

ABSTRACT: Bovine respiratory disease (BRD), one of the most common and infectious diseases in the beef industry, is associated with the respiratory microbiome and stressors of transportation. The impacts of the bovine respiratory microbiota on health and disease across different geographic locations and sampling niches are poorly understood, resulting in difficult identification of BRD causes. In this study, we explored the effects of geography and niches on the bovine respiratory microbiome and its function by re-analyzing published metagenomic datasets and estimated the main opportunistic pathogens that changed after transportation. The results showed that diversity, composition, structure, and function of the bovine nasopharyngeal microbiota were different across three worldwide geographic locati

SUBMITTER: Chai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9510686 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature