TY - JOUR AU - Yu, Shaobo AU - Zhang, Guangyu AU - Liu, Zhibo AU - Wu, Peng AU - Yu, Zhongtang AU - Wang, Jiakun PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/07 TI - Repeated inoculation with fresh rumen fluid before or during weaning modulates the microbiota composition and co-occurrence of the rumen and colon of lambs JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 29 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Many recent studies have gravitated towards manipulating the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome of livestock to improve host nutrition and health using dietary interventions. Few studies, however, have evaluated if inoculation with rumen fluid could effectively reprogram the development of GI microbiota. We hypothesized that inoculation with rumen fluid at an early age could modulate the development of GI microbiota because of its low colonization resistance. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-1716-z DO - 10.1186/s12866-020-1716-z ID - Yu2020 ER -