Effect of dietary concentrate to forage ratios on ruminal bacterial and anaerobic fungal populations of cashmere goats. 2019

Xufeng Han, and Bibo Li, and Xiaolong Wang, and Yulin Chen, and Yuxin Yang
Laboratory Animal Center, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, PR China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, PR China.

The rumen contains a highly complex microbial ecosystem that plays an important role in converting solar energy in plants into nutrients for ruminants and generates animal food products, such as meat and milk for humans. Therefore, understanding the effect of the dietary concentrate to forage (C:F) ratio on ruminal microbiota is of great significance for the growth and development of ruminants. In this study, changes in the ruminal bacterial and anaerobic fungal populations of Shaanbei white-cashmere (SWC) goats that were reared under different dietary C:F ratios were evaluated by high-throughput sequencing analysis. It was found that dietary C:F ratio has a significant impact on the composition of the ruminal bacteria in SWC goats. The levels of Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria were significantly increased (P < 0.05), whereas the level of Bacteroidetes was significantly decreased when the proportion of dietary concentrate was increased (P < 0.05); as the proportion of dietary concentrate increased, Prevotella, Selenomonas, and Treponema were significantly increased (P < 0.05), whereas Oscillospira and Succiniclasticum were significantly reduced (P < 0.05). Furthermore, different dietary C:F ratios significantly affected the composition of anaerobic fungi in SWC goats. As the proportion of dietary concentrate increased, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Zygomycota were significantly increased (P < 0.05), while Neocallimastigomycota was significantly reduced (P < 0.05); the levels of Alternaria, Aspergillus, Neocallimastix, Orpinomyces, Piromyces, and Stachybotrys were significantly increased, while those of Candida, Penicillium, and Trichosporon were significantly decreased when the proportion of dietary concentrate increased (P < 0.05). These findings will help us to better understand the changes in ruminal bacterial and anaerobic fungal populations of SWC goats under different dietary C:F ratios, which could provide a theoretical basis for microecological regulation of SWC goats.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D004032 Diet Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal. Diets
D005260 Female Females
D005658 Fungi A kingdom of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live parasitically as saprobes, including MUSHROOMS; YEASTS; smuts, molds, etc. They reproduce either sexually or asexually, and have life cycles that range from simple to complex. Filamentous fungi, commonly known as molds, refer to those that grow as multicellular colonies. Fungi, Filamentous,Molds,Filamentous Fungi,Filamentous Fungus,Fungus,Fungus, Filamentous,Mold
D006041 Goats Any of numerous agile, hollow-horned RUMINANTS of the genus Capra, in the family Bovidae, closely related to the SHEEP. Capra,Capras,Goat
D000693 Anaerobiosis The complete absence, or (loosely) the paucity, of gaseous or dissolved elemental oxygen in a given place or environment. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed) Anaerobic Metabolism,Anaerobic Metabolisms,Anaerobioses,Metabolism, Anaerobic,Metabolisms, Anaerobic
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001421 Bacteria, Anaerobic Bacteria that can survive and grow in the complete, or nearly complete absence of oxygen. Anaerobic Bacteria
D012417 Rumen The first stomach of ruminants. It lies on the left side of the body, occupying the whole of the left side of the abdomen and even stretching across the median plane of the body to the right side. It is capacious, divided into an upper and a lower sac, each of which has a blind sac at its posterior extremity. The rumen is lined by mucous membrane containing no digestive glands, but mucus-secreting glands are present in large numbers. Coarse, partially chewed food is stored and churned in the rumen until the animal finds circumstances convenient for rumination. When this occurs, little balls of food are regurgitated through the esophagus into the mouth, and are subjected to a second more thorough mastication, swallowed, and passed on into other parts of the compound stomach. (From Black's Veterinary Dictionary, 17th ed) Rumens
D058448 Biota The spectrum of different living organisms inhabiting a particular region, habitat, or biotope. Community Composition, Ecological,Community Structure, Ecological,Biocenose,Biological Community,Biotic Community,Ecological Community,Biocenoses,Biological Communities,Biotic Communities,Communities, Biological,Communities, Biotic,Communities, Ecological,Community Compositions, Ecological,Community Structures, Ecological,Community, Biological,Community, Biotic,Community, Ecological,Ecological Communities,Ecological Community Composition,Ecological Community Compositions,Ecological Community Structure,Ecological Community Structures,Structure, Ecological Community

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