Sara Ricci, Cátia Pacífico, Susanne Kreuzer-Redmer, Ezequias Castillo-Lopez, Raul Rivera-Chacon, Arife Sener-Aydemir, Giacomo Rossi, Livio Galosi, Lucia Biagini, Heidi E Schwartz-Zimmermann, Franz Berthiller, Nicole Reisinger, Renee M Petri, Qendrim Zebeli
Diets rich in readily fermentable carbohydrates primarily impact microbial composition and activity, but can also impair the ruminal epithelium barrier function. By combining microbiota, metabolome, and gene expression analysis, we evaluated the impact of feeding a 65% concentrate diet (HG) for four weeks, with or without a phytogenic feed additive (PFA), on the rumen ecosystem of cattle. The breaking point for rumen health seemed to be the second week of HG diet, with a dysbiosis characterized by reduced alpha diversity...
January 27, 2024: FEMS Microbiology Ecology