Bos taurus strain:Holstein dairy cows Metagenome. bovine gut metagenome strain:Holstein dairy cows

We sequenced 16S genes using the MiSeq platform to characterize the prepartum and postpartum rumen fluid microbiomes in 115 high-producing dairy cows. Microbes present in the rumen of dairy cows are essential for degradation of cellulosic and non-structural carbohydrates, but structural shifts occurring in prepartum and postpartum diets of high-producing dairy cows and potential association with production traits are unknown.