Characterization of the Fecal Bacterial Microbiota of Healthy and Diarrheic Dairy Calves

Abstract

The fecal microbiota of healthy dairy calves appeared to be farm specific as were the changes observed during diarrhea. The differences in microbiota structure and membership between healthy and diarrheic calves suggest that dysbiosis can occur in diarrheic calves and it is associated with changes in predictive metagenomic function.