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ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL
Volume 2014, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2014/841463
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- European Commission [224816-METANORUMEN]
- Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry [AGL2008-04707-C02-01]
- Spanish National Research Council (CSIC, JAE-Doc Program)
- KESS
- Volac International Ltd.
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BBS/E/W/10964A01C, BBS/E/W/10964A01B, BBS/E/W/10964A01A] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BBS/E/W/10964A01B, BBS/E/W/10964A01A, BBS/E/W/10964A01C] Funding Source: UKRI
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The aim of this work was to study whether feeding a methanogen inhibitor from birth of goat kids and their does has an impact on the archaeal population colonizing the rumen and to what extent the impact persists later in life. Sixteen goats giving birth to two kids were used. Eight does were treated (D+) with bromochloromethane after giving birth and over 2 months. The other 8 goats were not treated (D-). One kid per doe in both groups was treated with bromochloromethane (k+) for 3 months while the other was untreated (k-), resulting in four experimental groups: D+/k+, D+/k-, D-/k+, and D-/k-. Rumen samples were collected from kids at weaning and 1 and 4 months after (3 and 6 months after birth) and from does at the end of the treating period (2 months). Pyrosequencing analyses showed a modified archaeal community composition colonizing the rumen of kids, although such effect did not persist entirely 4 months after; however, some less abundant groups remained different in treated and control animals. The different response on the archaeal community composition observed between offspring and adult goats suggests that the competition occurring in the developing rumen to occupy different niches offer potential for intervention.
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