Effect of pelleted or non-pelleted high-grain diet on ruminal epithelium in Hu-lambs

Fifiteen male Hu-lambs were randomly assigned to three groups (n = 5 for each group). Lambs in the control (CON), HG, and HP groups received low-grain nonpelleted diet (30% concentrate), HG diet (70% concentrate), and HP diet containing the same ingredients and nutritions with HG group, respectivley. After 60-day treatment, all the lambs were slaughtered to collect ruminal epihelium samples for transcriptome analysis. Fifiteen ruminal epithelium samples were analyzed by transcriptome sequencing (5 from each group).