Reproductive Tract Microbial Transitions from Late Gestation to Early Postpartum Using 16S rRNA Metagenetic Profiling in First-Pregnancy Heifers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Animals and Sampling Procedures
4.2. DNA Extraction
4.3. 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Libraries Preparation and NGS Sequencing
4.4. Bioinformatic Analysis
4.5. Additional Statistical Analysis & Plotting
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Druker, S.; Sicsic, R.; Ravid, S.; Scheinin, S.; Raz, T. Reproductive Tract Microbial Transitions from Late Gestation to Early Postpartum Using 16S rRNA Metagenetic Profiling in First-Pregnancy Heifers. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 9164. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25179164
Druker S, Sicsic R, Ravid S, Scheinin S, Raz T. Reproductive Tract Microbial Transitions from Late Gestation to Early Postpartum Using 16S rRNA Metagenetic Profiling in First-Pregnancy Heifers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024; 25(17):9164. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25179164
Chicago/Turabian StyleDruker, Shaked, Ron Sicsic, Shachar Ravid, Shani Scheinin, and Tal Raz. 2024. "Reproductive Tract Microbial Transitions from Late Gestation to Early Postpartum Using 16S rRNA Metagenetic Profiling in First-Pregnancy Heifers" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25, no. 17: 9164. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25179164