Researchers study microbes in cattle to unlock metabolic disease mysteries
Saturday, January 9, 2010 - 22:21
in Biology & Nature
Switching from warm-season grasses to cool-season forages can give livestock a belly ache, in some cases a deadly one, according to scientists. Scientists are using state-of-the-art technology -- metagenomics -- to determine how changes in diet affect microbial communities in the digestive tract of cattle and how these changes may increase risk of disease.