Milk is rich in a variety of essential nutrients, including fats, proteins, and trace elements that
are important for human health. In particular, milk fat has an alleviating effect on diseases …

This study investigates the effects of supplementing a control diet (CON) with chitosan (CHI)
or ivy fruit saponins (IVY) as natural feed additives. Both additives had similar abilities to …

Foetus sterility until parturition is under debate due to reports of microorganisms in the foetal
environment and meconium. Sufficient controls to overcome sample contamination and …

The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of feeding ethyl-3-nitrooxy propionate
(E3NP) and 3-nitrooxypropanol (3NP), 2 recently developed compounds with potential …

In the last five decades, attempts have been made to improve rumen fermentation and host
animal nutrition through modulation of rumen microbiota. The goals have been decreasing …

Frothy bloat is a serious metabolic disorder that affects stocker cattle grazing hard red winter
wheat forage in the Southern Great Plains causing reduced performance, morbidity, and …

Next generation sequencing technologies have vastly changed the approach of sequencing
of the 16S rRNA gene for studies in microbial ecology. Three distinct technologies are …

The aim of this work was to study whether feeding a methanogen inhibitor from birth of goat
kids and their does has an impact on the archaeal population colonizing the rumen and to …

This study aimed to explore the dynamic variations of rumen fermentation characteristics
and bacterial community composition during a 24 h in vitro fermentation. A total of twenty …

Taxonomic characterization of active gastrointestinal microbiota is essential to detect shifts
in microbial communities and functions under various conditions. This study aimed to …