The diversity of rumen bacteria that form close associations with ingested plant material, in dairy cows grazing pasture were monitored over the course of a year. We followed the community composition
characterise and explore the methanogen and bacterial communities of the rumen environments: liquid, solid and epimural + comparing different sample types for representativeness of the environments
Here we assess differences in microbial populations between solid and liquid fractions of the rumen, and differences in populations associated with feeding two forage based diets
The main objective of the study was to determine if breed or lactation stage affect the rumen protozoal community in Holstein, Jersey, and Crossbreed dairy cows.
