A multi-kingdom metabarcoding study on cattle grazing Alpine pastures discloses intra-seasonal shifts in plant selection and faecal microbiota

Abstract Diet selection by grazing livestock may affect animal performance as well as the biodiversity of grazed areas. Recent DNA barcoding techniques allow to assess dietary plant composition in faecal samples, which may be additionally integrated by the description of gut microbiota. In this high...

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Auteurs principaux: Fabio Palumbo, Andrea Squartini, Gianni Barcaccia, Stefano Macolino, Cristina Pornaro, Massimo Pindo, Enrico Sturaro, Maurizio Ramanzin
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Publié: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/5dd00d71860e46f78cb6b61a5f7fe54d
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