The supplemental materials on the paper of "Maternal rumen and milk microbiota shapes the establishment of early-life rumen microbiota in grazing yak calves".
The purpose of this metagenomic sequencing study was to explore the differences in the composition and metabolic function of the microbial communities attached to feed particles and floating in rumen
Bison heifers from 2 ranches were fed 2 diets (pasture-grazing transitioned to free-choice grain diet for 100 days). Rumen and fecal samples were collected. Microbial DNA was extracted from each sampl