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Effect of growth stage on Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) silage fermentation from microbiological perspective

Abstract Background Italian ryegrass is a temperate climate crop, which is widely cultivated in the winter fallow paddy fields of subtropical China.The utilization efficiency of Italian ryegrass depends greatly on its growth stage at harvest.Previous studies have reported the optimum stage for harvesting various forage to balance their quality and

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The skin microbiome in healthy and allergic dogs.

BACKGROUND: Changes in the microbial populations on the skin of animals have traditionally been evaluated using conventional microbiology techniques.The sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes has revealed that the human skin is inhabited by a highly diverse and variable microbiome that had previously not been demonstrated by culture-based methods.T

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