Rumen Microbiome Transplantation
摘要
Ruminants have unique and multiple nutritional impediments. Whereas high-yielding cows fed grain-enriched diets may develop ruminal acidosis, grazing ruminants without prior adaptation suffer from toxicity due to high intake of phytochemicals in forage and agro-industrial by-products. Rumen fluid transplantation, also called as rumen transfaunation, aims to alleviate dietary toxicity, enhance forage utilization, and boost immunity and rumen development in growing and weaned calves. In addition, rumen transfaunation revives functioning of the rumen in clinical cases such as surgical correction of left-displaced abomasum.