[HTML][HTML] Development and physiology of the rumen and the lower gut: Targets for improving gut health

MA Steele, GB Penner, F Chaucheyras-Durand - Journal of dairy science, 2016 - Elsevier
The gastrointestinal epithelium of the dairy cow and calf faces the challenge of protecting the
host from the contents of the luminal milieu while controlling the absorption and metabolism …

Enhancing gastrointestinal health in dairy cows

JC Plaizier, MD Mesgaran, H Derakhshani, H Golder… - Animal, 2018 - cambridge.org
Due to their high energy requirements, high-yielding dairy cows receive high-grain diets.
This commonly jeopardises their gastrointestinal health by causing subacute ruminal …

Microbiome–metabolome analysis reveals unhealthy alterations in the composition and metabolism of ruminal microbiota with increasing dietary grain in a goat model

SY Mao, WJ Huo, WY Zhu - Environmental Microbiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, knowledge about the impact of high‐grain (HG) feeding on rumen microbiota and
metabolome is limited. In this study, a combination of the 454 pyrosequencing strategy and …

Microbiota of newborn calves and their mothers reveals possible transfer routes for newborn calves' gastrointestinal microbiota

D Klein-Jöbstl, NM Quijada, M Dzieciol, B Feldbacher… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The intestinal microbiota of newborns plays an important role in the development of
immunity and metabolism. In livestock animals, knowledge of the intestinal microbiota is …

Characterization and Comparison of Microbiota in the Gastrointestinal Tracts of the Goat (Capra hircus) During Preweaning Development

B Li, K Zhang, C Li, X Wang, Y Chen… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial communities in gastrointestinal tracts (GIT) play an important role in animal health
and performance. Despite its importance, little information is available on the establishment …

Nutrition, rumen health and inflammation in the transition period and their role on overall health and fertility in dairy cows

Q Zebeli, K Ghareeb, E Humer… - Research in veterinary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Transition is a stressful period and critical for the entire cow's productive lifespan and
reproduction. Optimal feeding management during transition period enables smooth …

Experimental acute rumen acidosis in sheep: Consequences on clinical, rumen, and gastrointestinal permeability conditions and blood chemistry

A Minuti, S Ahmed, E Trevisi… - Journal of animal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Acute acidosis was induced in sheep, and gastrointestinal permeability was assessed by
using lactulose as a permeability marker. Metabolism was evaluated by monitoring blood …

High-grain feeding causes strong shifts in ruminal epithelial bacterial community and expression of Toll-like receptor genes in goats

J Liu, G Bian, W Zhu, S Mao - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
High-grain (HG) feeding used in intensive goat production can affect the physiology of the
rumen wall, but the changes induced in the epimural bacterial community and host Toll-like …

Role of diverse fermentative factors towards microbial community shift in ruminants

TO Faniyi, MJ Adegbeye, M Elghandour… - Journal of applied …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Besides the liver, rumen is one of the most important components of metabolism in
ruminants. However, the microbes residing in the rumen are influenced by several complex …

High-grain feeding alters caecal bacterial microbiota composition and fermentation and results in caecal mucosal injury in goats

J Liu, T Xu, W Zhu, S Mao - British Journal of Nutrition, 2014 - cambridge.org
The effect of high-grain (HG) feeding on caecal bacterial microbiota composition and
fermentation and mucosa health is largely unknown. In the present study, ten male goats …