Evandro Fernando Ferreira Dias, Felipe Eguti de Carvalho, Guilherme Henrique Gebim Polizel, Fernando Augusto Correia Queiroz Cançado, Édison Furlan, Arícia Christofaro Fernandes, Fernando José Schalch Júnior, Gianluca Elmi Chagas Santos, José Bento Sterman Ferraz, Miguel Henrique de Almeida Santana
We explored the influence of maternal nutritional strategies on the development of the rumen and cecum in offspring. Additionally, we investigated the potential repercussions of prenatal nutrition on the rumen and fecal microbiota composition, utilizing metagenomic 16S techniques, to understand the effects of fetal programming (FP) in Nellore cattle. A total of 63 bulls submitted to different prenatal nutrition strategies, namely, non-programming (NP), partial programming (PP), and complete programming (CP), were evaluated...
March 12, 2024: Animals: An Open Access Journal From MDPI