Key Role of Rumen Microbial Community for Improving Production
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 6847
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rumen microbial community; ruminant feeding; nutrition; methane emission
Interests: methane measurement; plant secondary metabolites; microbial diversity, functional genomics, methane mitigation
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Dear Colleagues,
Research interests in the rumen microbial consortium of ruminants have increased among investigators in various fields, such as applied microbiology, animal nutrition, veterinary science, etc. Recent findings by these researchers, particularly those based on “-omics” technology, have also contributed to unveiling the "hidden world" of the community’s structure and its functions. Moreover, increasing concerns about greenhouse gas emissions from ruminants need effective solutions to address global warming and improve production efficiency. As such, the more we recognize interests in rumen ecology, the more researchers have to be accountable about what is going on within the ruminant. However, I personally ask myself whether scientific discovery has succeeded in keeping in line with social demands. How can we continue to give satisfiable answers to questions from producers and consumers?
There is an emerging demand for research progress in the rumen microbial community, which is closely related to advances in production technology and in animal science. To elevate this Special Issue to help future industrial progress, the Guest Editors invite you to submit original research papers that deal with investigations into the rumen microbial community, linking this research to ruminant production, animal health, feeding, production, and reproduction. In particular, in vivo studies that use limited numbers of animals, making it difficult to find statistical significance but giving enough evidence to illuminate a corner of knowledge connected to future innovation, are welcome.
Dr. Yutaka Uyeno
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Malik
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rumen
- omics technology
- ruminant production
- global warming
- microbial community
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