Fecal microbiome of horses transitioning between warm-season and cool-season grass pasture within integrated rotational grazing systems
In: Animal Microbiome, Jg. 4 (2022), Heft 1, S. 1-19
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Abstract Background Diet is a key driver of equine hindgut microbial community structure and composition. The aim of this study was to characterize shifts in the fecal microbiota of grazing horses during transitions between forage types within integrated warm- (WSG) and cool-season grass (CSG) rotational grazing systems (IRS). Eight mares were randomly assigned to two IRS containing mixed cool-season grass and one of two warm-season grasses: bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.] or crabgrass [Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.]. Fecal samples were collected during transitions from CSG to WSG pasture sections (C–W) and WSG to CSG (W–C) on days 0, 2, 4, and 6 following pasture rotation and compared using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Results Regardless of IRS or transition (C–W vs. W–C), species richness was greater on day 4 and 6 in comparison to day 0 (P
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Fecal microbiome of horses transitioning between warm-season and cool-season grass pasture within integrated rotational grazing systems
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Weinert-Nelson, Jennifer R. ; Biddle, Amy S. ; Williams, Carey A. |
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| Zeitschrift: | Animal Microbiome, Jg. 4 (2022), Heft 1, S. 1-19 |
| Veröffentlichung: | BMC, 2022 |
| Medientyp: | academicJournal |
| ISSN: | 2524-4671 (print) |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s42523-022-00192-x |
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