The fecal resistome of dairy cattle is associated with diet during nursing

Jinxin Liu; Diana H. Taft; Maria X. Maldonado-Gomez; Daisy Johnson; Michelle L. Treiber; Danielle G. Lemay; Edward J. DePeters; David A. Mills

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12111-x

Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

The fecal resistome of dairy cattle is associated with diet during nursing

Jinxin Liu,
Diana H. Taft,
Maria X. Maldonado-Gomez,
Daisy Johnson,
Michelle L. Treiber,
Danielle G. Lemay,
Edward J. DePeters,
David A. Mills

Affiliations

Jinxin Liu: Department of Food Science and Technology, Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, University of California, Davis
Diana H. Taft: Department of Food Science and Technology, Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, University of California, Davis
Maria X. Maldonado-Gomez: Department of Food Science and Technology, Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, University of California, Davis
Daisy Johnson: Department of Food Science and Technology, Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, University of California, Davis
Michelle L. Treiber: Department of Food Science and Technology, Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, University of California, Davis
Danielle G. Lemay: USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Edward J. DePeters: Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, California
David A. Mills: Department of Food Science and Technology, Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, University of California, Davis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12111-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Livestock play a role in maintaining antibiotic resistance reservoirs. Here, Liu et al. use metagenomics to study the dynamics of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the gut of dairy cattle during early life, showing that colostrum is a potential source of ARGs and ARG abundance declines during nursing covarying with dietary transition.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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