Publications by authors named "Luke A Wolfe"
Article Synopsis
- Using oral swabs to collect remnants of stomach content during rumination in dairy cows can closely replicate ruminal bacterial communities, making it beneficial for large-scale studies on the rumen microbiome.
- The quality of these swabs can vary, affecting their ability to accurately reflect the microbiome due to factors such as sampling time, cow behavior, and swab color.
- Our research shows that darker swabs correlate with increased bacterial diversity while lighter swabs display greater variation; darker swabs also relate to the ruminal fungal community, indicating their potential as a more accurate representation of the ruminal environment.