Subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) is characterized by ruminal pH depression and microbial perturbation. The impact of SARA adaptation and recovery on rumen bacterial density and diversity was investigated following high-grain feeding. Four ruminally cannulated dairy cows were fed a hay diet, transitioned to a 65% grain diet for 3 weeks, and returned to the hay diet for 3 weeks. Rumen fluid, rumen solids, and feces were sampled during weeks 0 (hay), 1 and 3 (high grain), and 4 and 6 (hay). SARA was diagnosed during week 1, with a pH below 5.6 for 4.6±1.4 h. Bacterial density was significantly lower in the rumen solids with high grain (P=0.047). Rumen fluid clone libraries from weeks 0, 3, and 6 were assessed at the 98% level and 154 operational taxonomic units were resolved. Week 3 diversity significantly differed from week 0, and community structure differed from weeks 0 and 6 (P<0.0001). Clones belonging to the phylum Firmicutes predominated. Compared with the hay diet, the high-grain diet contained clones from Selenomonas ruminantium and Succiniclasticum ruminis, but lacked Eubacterium spp. SARA adaptation was found to significantly alter bacterial density, diversity, and community structure, warranting further investigation into the role bacteria play in SARA adaptation.
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