In recent years, many different methods that allow for the analysis of the biodiversity and
structure of the community of microorganisms inhabiting the soil environment have emerged …

The emergence of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has revolutionized the
way to investigate the microbial diversity in traditional fermentations. In the field of food …

This study investigates the effects of supplementing a control diet (CON) with chitosan (CHI)
or ivy fruit saponins (IVY) as natural feed additives. Both additives had similar abilities to …

It has been suggested that the rumen microbiome and rumen function might be disrupted if
methane production in the rumen is decreased. Furthermore concerns have been voiced …

Gastrointestinal microbial communities are increasingly being implicated in host
susceptibilities to nutritional/metabolic diseases; such conditions are more prevalent in …

This study characterised the response of ruminal fermentation and the rumen microbiome in
lambs fed commercial vegetal sources of hydrolysable tannins (HT) and condensed tannins …

Simple Summary This review explores the wide-ranging applications of Next-Generation
Sequencing (NGS) techniques in veterinary medicine for companion animals. It addresses …

There is an increasing need to identify alternative feeds for livestock that do not compete
with foods for humans. Seaweed might provide such a resource, but there is limited …

Little is currently known on the microbial populations colonizing the sheep large intestine,
despite their expected key role in host metabolism, physiology and immunity. This study …

Increasing productivity is a key target in ruminant science which requires better
understanding of the rumen microbiota. This study investigated how maternal versus …