Urinary pseudouridine excretion in lactating dairy cows

Introduction   A number of systems based on metabolizable protein, such as that adopted in the UK (A gricultural and F ood R esearch C ouncil 1992) have been developed to improve the accuracy of protein rationing for ruminants. Quantification of microbial protein synthesis in the rumen is a fundamental requirement of all such systems. In the UK system, microbial protein supply is predicted from an estimate of fermentable metabolizable energy intake, using a correction for the effects of level of feeding on the energetic efficiency of microbial protein synthesis. Use of such an approach is however subject to considerable error due to large variations in the energetic efficiency of microbial protein synthesis (A gricultural R esearch C ouncil 1984). Consequently there is an urgent requirement for an on-farm diagnostic marker of microbial protein supply as a basis for adjusting diets to maximize efficiency of dietary nitrogen utilization by dairy cows (D ewhurst et al. 1996). Urinary purine derivative excretion has been proposed as a noninvasive index of microbial protein supply in ruminant animals (T opps and E lliot 1965). Use of this microbial marker is based on the assumption that purines entering the duodenum are essentially microbial in origin (M c A llan 1982), and that following metabolism, their derivatives are quantitatively recovered in the urine (C hen et al. 1990; V erbic et al. 1990). Purine metabolites excreted in ruminant urine are primarily derived from the metabolism of absorbed purines, but as a consequence of tissue adenosine triphosphate and nucleic acid turnover, a proportion of purine bases are not salvaged and re-utilized, but enter catabolic pathways, constituting an endogenous loss.     

尿液嘌呤衍生物法估测瘤胃微生物蛋白质产量及其评价

近年来,以尿液嘌呤衍生物为标记物估测流入十二指肠瘤胃微生物蛋白质产量的非损害(non-inva-sive)方法得到较快发展。该方法的依据是反刍动物尿液中嘌呤衍生物主要来源于瘤胃内微生物体嘌呤的降解,尿液嘌呤衍生物与瘤胃微生物产量成正比。该方法的主要优点是不需要瘘管动物,但对瘤胃微生物蛋白质产量的估测值较十二指肠嘌呤法和15N法估测值低。许多研究者提出了不同的估算公式,适用于牛或羊的估算公式是不同的。     

用尿中嘌呤衍生物估测瘤胃微生物蛋白产量的研究进展

反刍动物尿中嘌呤衍生物包括尿囊素、尿酸、黄嘌呤和次黄嘌呤,尿中嘌呤衍生物是一种很好的估测瘤胃微生物蛋白合成量的标记物。本研究就动物内源嘌呤排泄、尿中嘌呤衍生物排泄量与嘌呤吸收量关系模型建立、全收尿法和点尿法计算微生物蛋白供给以及最近对不同动物(包括绵羊、黄牛、山羊、水牛、牦牛、骆驼、驼羊)嘌呤衍生物排泄的研究等方面,阐述用尿中嘌呤代谢物估测瘤胃微生物蛋白产量的方法。     

牦牛瘤胃微生物研究进展

反刍动物瘤胃是消化过程中的重要器官,它可以分解植物的纤维供宿主利用,而牦牛相较于其他反刍动物而言,有更高的纤维利用率。到目前为止,人们利用分子生物技术对瘤胃微生物进行鉴别分析,已经有大量微生物的功能被发现,但绝大部分微生物的功能还未被确定。瘤胃微生物作为巨大的潜在资源,如果可以在牦牛瘤胃内调节甚至在不同家畜瘤胃内移植,将会推动我国畜牧行业的进步。为此,文章介绍了牦牛瘤胃微生物的种类及功能,并对瘤胃微生物的影响因素进行了详细阐述,以期为相关研究提供一定参考。     

瘤胃能氮同步释放对瘤胃微生物蛋白质合成的影响

瘤胃微生物蛋白质（microbial protein,MCP）是反刍动物小肠可吸收蛋白质（Pro）的主要来源,而优化瘤胃发酵调控,促进瘤胃微生物蛋白质的合成一直是反刍动物营养研究的热点问题。近年来,关于瘤胃能氮同步释放优化瘤胃微生物蛋白质合成方面的研究引起了关注,因此,作者主要从瘤胃能氮同步释放的概念、瘤胃能氮同步释放的评价方法和瘤胃能氮同步释放对瘤胃微生物蛋白质合成影响方面的研究作一简要评述。     

多组学技术在奶牛瘤胃微生物与宿主互作机制中的研究进展

对于反刍动物而言,瘤胃对宿主的新陈代谢、机体免疫调节具有重要的意义。作为瘤胃内强大而丰富的群落,瘤胃微生物结构紊乱不仅会导致生产性能下降,还会引发机体全身炎症反应。近年来,多组学技术分析瘤胃微生物与宿主的关系及其调控机制已逐渐受到研究者的关注。本文从瘤胃微生物的影响因素、多组学技术在瘤胃微生物中的应用及瘤胃微生物紊乱对宿主的影响等多方面进行综述,以通过调节瘤胃微生物来提高奶牛生产性能、增强机体免疫力以及预防疾病等新的视角为奶牛养殖者提供参考。     

Does intra-ruminal nitrogen recycling waste valuable resources? A review of major players and their manipulation

Nitrogenous emissions from ruminant livestock production are of increasing public concern and, together with methane, contribute to environmental pollution. The main cause of nitrogen-(N)-containing emissions is the inadequate provision of N to ruminants, leading to an excess of ammonia in the rumen, which is subsequently excreted. Depending on the size and molecular structure, various bacterial, protozoal and fungal species are involved in the ruminal breakdown of nitrogenous compounds(NC). Decelerating ruminal NC degradation by controlling the abundance and activity of proteolytic and deaminating microorganisms, but without reducing cellulolytic processes, is a promising strategy to decrease N emissions along with increasing N utilization by ruminants. Different dietary options, including among others the treatment of feedstuffs with heat or the application of diverse feed additives, as well as vaccination against rumen microorganisms or their enzymes have been evaluated. Thereby, reduced productions of microbial metabolites, e.g. ammonia, and increased microbial N flows give evidence for an improved N retention. However, linkage between these findings and alterations in the rumen microbiota composition, particularly NC-degrading microbes, remains sparse and contradictory findings confound the exact evaluation of these manipulating strategies, thus emphasizing the need for comprehensive research. The demand for increased sustainability in ruminant livestock production requests to apply attention to microbial N utilization efficiency and this will require a better understanding of underlying metabolic processes as well as composition and interactions of ruminal NC-degrading microorganisms.     

幼龄反刍动物瘤胃微生物的定植过程与调控措施

反刍动物是畜牧业中的重要支柱，研究瘤胃微生物在幼龄反刍动物上的定植过程，并利用其中的定植规律采取科学的早期调控措施，以此提高反刍动物的生产效率，对于维持畜牧业高效、健康、可持续发展具有重要意义。瘤胃微生物的定植过程伴随着幼龄反刍动物瘤胃的发育和饮食结构的巨大变化。在幼龄反刍动物哺乳时，瘤胃由于食管沟反射的存在而不发挥功能，发育缓慢，此时只有部分功能菌群逐渐定植；随着日龄的增长，幼龄反刍动物大量摄入固体饲料，瘤胃在固体饲料的刺激下迅速发育直至成熟，此时大量菌群定植，瘤胃发酵逐渐活跃，且优势菌及其丰度与前期相比发生较大变化。同时，大量瘤胃发酵产物的积累又进一步刺激了瘤胃的发育。反刍动物在幼龄阶段经历了从非反刍到反刍的生理过渡，是其最敏感和可塑性最强的时期，可以在此阶段对反刍动物瘤胃微生物采取人工调控措施，以保证机体的健康和后续生长发育。作者综述了反刍动物瘤胃早期发育过程、瘤胃内微生物的种类、来源及其在幼龄反刍动物瘤胃中的定植过程，阐明瘤胃微生物在反刍动物消化代谢、生产性能以及畜体健康方面的重要功能，并归纳了常用的瘤胃微生物调控技术，从而为生产中对幼龄反刍动物的饲养管理、营养调控提供参考。     

Urea transport and hydrolysis in the rumen: A review

Inefficient dietary nitrogen (N) conversion to microbial proteins, and the subsequent use by ruminants, is a major research focus across different fields. Excess bacterial ammonia (NH₃) produced due to degradation or hydrolyses of N containing compounds, such as urea, leads to an inefficiency in a host's ability to utilize nitrogen. Urea is a non-protein N containing compound used by ruminants as an ammonia source, obtained from feed and endogenous sources. It is hydrolyzed by ureases from rumen bacteria to produce NH₃ which is used for microbial protein synthesis. However, lack of information exists regarding urea hydrolysis in ruminal bacteria, and how urea gets to hydrolysis sites. Therefore, this review describes research on sites of urea hydrolysis, urea transport routes towards these sites, the role and structure of urea transporters in rumen epithelium and bacteria, the composition of ruminal ureolytic bacteria, mechanisms behind urea hydrolysis by bacterial ureases, and factors influencing urea hydrolysis. This review explores the current knowledge on the structure and physiological role of urea transport and ureolytic bacteria, for the regulation of urea hydrolysis and recycling in ruminants. Lastly, underlying mechanisms of urea transportation in rumen bacteria and their physiological importance are currently unknown, and therefore future research should be directed to this subject.     

In vitro microbial protein synthesis,ruminal degradation and post‐ruminal digestibility of crude protein of dairy rations containing Quebracho tannin extract

This study evaluated the effects of Quebracho tannin extract (QTE) on in vitro ruminal fermentation, chemical composition of rumen microbes, ruminal degradation and intestinal digestibility of crude protein (iCPd). Three treatments were tested, the control (basal diet without QTE), the basal diet with 15 g QTE/kg dry matter (DM) and the basal diet with 30 g QTE/kg DM. The basal diet contained (g/kg DM): 339 grass silage, 317 maize silage and 344 concentrate. In vitro gas production kinetic was determined using the Hohenheim gas test (Experiment 1). The Ankom RF technique, a batch system with automatic gas pressure recordings, was used to determine in vitro production of short‐chain fatty acids (SCFA) and ammonia–nitrogen concentration (NH₃‐N), as well as nitrogen and purine bases content in liquid‐associated microbes (LAM) and in a residue of undegraded feed and solid‐associated microbes (Feed+SAM) (Experiment 2). Ruminal degradation and iCPd were determined using the nylon bag technique and the mobile nylon bag technique, respectively (Experiment 3). Gas production (Experiment 1), total SCFA and NH₃‐N (Experiment 2) decreased with increasing QTE levels. Microbial mass and composition of LAM were not affected by QTE, but total mass of Feed+SAM linearly increased, likely due to decreased substrate degradation with increasing QTE levels. The total amount of N in microbial mass and undegraded feed after the in vitro incubation increased with increasing QTE levels, suggesting a potential greater N flow from the rumen to the duodenum. In contrast to in vivo studies with the same QTE, no effects were detected on ruminal effective degradability and iCPd, when using the nylon bag techniques. Based on the in vitro procedures, QTE increased the supply of N post‐rumen; however, some evidence of a decreased fibre degradation were also observed. Therefore, the benefit of adding QTE to diets of cattle is still questionable.     

ATP in the metabolism of ruminants]

The ATP yield from the carbohydrates of anaerobically living microorganisms in the rumen amounts to only 5-10% of the ATP yield of the intermediary metabolism in the presence of oxygen. Vital functions and thus microbial protein synthesis are due to protein degradation in the rumen. The ATP yield in the intermediary metabolism of ruminants is mainly achieved from propionate and microbial protein by means of gluconeogenesis because the absorption of glucose from digested starch is very low. The relationships between ATP yield in the rumen and the processes of glucose provision for the production of lactose as well as the protein content of the milk are shown. As important processes of ATP production in microorganisms from easily soluble carbohydrates take place in silage preparations before feed intake, the corresponding consequences for the metabolism of high-performance cows fed with silage are shown.     

Effect of imbalance between energy and nitrogen supplies on microbial protein synthesis and nitrogen metabolism in growing double-muscled Belgian Blue bulls

Six double-muscled Belgian Blue bulls (initial weight: 345 +/- 16 kg) with cannulas in the rumen and proximal duodenum were used in two juxtaposed 3 x 3 Latin squares to study the effect of a lack of synchronization between energy and N in the rumen on microbial protein synthesis and N metabolism by giving the same diet according to three different feeding patterns. The feed ingredients of the diet were separated into two groups supplying the same amount of fermentable OM (FOM), but characterized by different levels of ruminally degradable N (RDN). The first group primarily provided energy for the ruminal microbes (14.6 g of RDN/kg of FOM), and the second provided N (33.3 g of RDN/kg of FOM). These two groups were fed to the bulls simultaneously or alternately with the aim of creating three different time periods of imbalance (0, 12, or 24 h) between energy and N supplies in the rumen. The introduction of imbalance affected neither microbial-N flow at the duodenum (P = 0.65) nor efficiency of growth (P = 0.69), but decreased (P = 0.016) the NDF degradation in the rumen 12.2% for a 12-h period of imbalance. N retention was not affected by imbalance (P = 0.53) and reached 57.8, 58.5, and 54.7 g/d, respectively, for 0-, 12- and 24-h imbalance. It seems that the introduction of an imbalance of 12 or 24 h between energy and N supplies for the ruminal microbes by altering the feeding pattern of the same diet does not negatively influence microbial protein synthesis or N retention by the animal. Nitrogen recycling in the rumen plays a major role in regulating the amount ofruminally available N and allows for continuous synchronization of N- and energy-yielding substrates for the microorganisms in the rumen. Therefore, a lack of synchronization in the diet between the energy and N supplies for the ruminal microbes is not detrimental to their growth or for the animal as long as the nutrient supply is balanced on a 48-h basis. Thus, these dietary feeding patterns may be used under practical feeding conditions with minimal effect on the performance of ruminant animals.     

Effect of N fertilisation rate, energy supplementation and supplementation strategy on efficiency of N utilisation in the sheep rumen.

The effect of nitrogen (N) fertilisation (200 vs. 400 kg N ha-1 year-1) of pasture cut in the beginning (end of May) and the end (end of August) of the grazing season and of simultaneous or separated feeding of maize and grass (400 kg N ha-1 year-1) on efficiency of N utilisation in the rumen has been studied using four rumen cannulated wethers. Doubling N fertiliser rate increased grass CP production by about 60%, but induced extensive excess of rumen degradable N, reflected in high urinary urea excretion (rpearson = 0.747). The latter was lower (74% at the maximum) when feeding less fertilised or older grass or when supplementing with maize silage. Although simultaneous feeding of maize silage with grass changed patterns of rumen ammonia concentrations, no change in urinary excretion of purine derivatives was observed. Hence, faecal or urinary N excretion was unaffected by the supplementation strategy. Microbial growth efficiency was estimated from urinary excretion of purine derivatives and fermented OM. The latter was calculated from total rumen CH4 production, based on rumen fermentation stoichiometry and taking into account proportional concentrations of individual volatile fatty acids. Higher levels of intake tended to improve rumen microbial growth efficiency slightly (rpearson = 0.406), which, however, could not compensate for the reduced effective rumen DM degradability (rpearson = -0.442). The latter was apparently associated with a partial shift of the fermentation from the rumen to the hindgut, as suggested from the negative correlation (rpearson = -0.745) between faecal RNA concentrations and rumen effective degradability.     

Urinary purine derivates excretion as an indicator of in vivo microbial N flow in cattle: A review

Microbial protein flow to the duodenum may be regarded as the most important and sensitive indicator to optimise rumen metabolism in high-yielding dairy cows. In this review, the methodology and the sources of variation to estimate the duodenal microbial N flow with urinary excretion of purine derivatives (PD) as a non-invasive method is discussed. The urinary PD excretion was linearly related with the amount of purine bases (PB) infused in the abomasum or duodenum, but the recovery of PB in urine differed between experiments. The main sources of variation in the relationship between microbial N flow and urinary PD excretion are dietary contribution of nucleic acids to duodenal flow, varying N:purine ratio in duodenal digesta, differences in intestinal digestibility of nucleic acids and infused PB, and endogenous contribution of PD to urinary excretion. The recycling of PD to the rumen is negligible, and does not explain the incomplete urinary recovery of PD. A large proportion of the total PD is excreted as allantoin in urine. In some experiments this proportion was constant, whereas in others it varied with diet or physiological state of the animal. The excretion of PD in milk is not a suitable indicator of microbial N flow, due to mammary purine catabolism to uric acid and due to the strong positive correlation between milk allantoin excretion and milk yield. Instead of total urine collection, the molar ratio between urinary PD and creatinine can be used to estimate microbial N flow. However, a substantial between-animal variation in this ratio was found, and effects of changes in energy balance of dairy cows on urinary creatinine excretion should be determined. The urinary excretion of total PD and of allantoin provided lower estimates of duodenal microbial N flow than with measurements in the omasum or duodenum, but they closely reflected the changes observed with these measurements.     

Purine and pyrimidine metabolites for the estimation of rumen metabolism: HPLC analysis in milk and blood plasma

In milk and blood plasma samples of 6 German Simmental and 12 German Black and White heifers it was investigated, whether purine and pyrimidine compounds are suitable indicators of the microbial protein synthesis in the rumen. Therefore the secreted quantities in milk and the concentration in blood plasma are correlated with energy intake. The results indicated significant correlation coefficients for both the secretion quantity of allantoin in milk (r = 0.942) and the concentration of allantoin in blood plasma (r = 0.694). Other investigated compounds appeared more suitable for evaluating the mammary gland metabolism (uridine-lactose synthesis, pseudouridine-protein synthesis). In an experiment with 7 male castrated pigmy goats subjected to a four-day fasting period the decrease of plasma allantoin, which was already apparent after 12 hours of fasting, was closely correlated with the increase of plasma free fatty acids.     

High intestinal transport activity for nucleosides in cattle: a synopsis

In ruminants large amounts of nucleic acids associated with the microbial cell mass leaving the fore-stomach system via the abomasum enter the small intestine. In dairy cows this amounts to 100-200 g microbial nucleic acids per day. These nucleic acids are very efficiently digested in the small intestine whereby nucleosides were found to be the main degradation products. Therefore, this review centers mainly on the mechanisms of intestinal absorption of nucleosides and their role in nucleic acid digestion. Furthermore, metabolism of nucleosides in intestinal epithelial cells and its bearing for nucleoside absorption and salvage of nucleosides for nucleic acid synthesis in various tissues is considered. According to own studies using isolated intestinal brush-border membrane (BBM) vesicles (BBMV) from dairy cows purine and pyimidine nucleosides are transported actively by two separate Na+ co-transport systems (N1 and N2) across the bovine BBM, whereby transport activity in the small intestine decreases from proximal to distal. Guanosine and inosine appeared to be transported exclusively by N1 while thymidine and cytidine appeared to be transported exclusively by N2. Uridine and adenosine had an affinity to both transporters. In comparison to findings in man and rabbit, transport capacity (Vmax) of N1 and N2 in the BBM of cows was more than 10-fold higher. Similar findings were obtained in BBMV isolated from the small intestine of veal calves with rudimentary forestomach development in regard to nucleoside transport. Therefore, the high intestinal transport activity for nucleosides seems to be a genetically fixed property in the bovine, which is not related to a functional fore-stomach system.     

Effect of various levels of imbalance between energy and nitrogen release in the rumen on microbial protein synthesis and nitrogen metabolism in growing double-muscled Belgian Blue bulls fed a corn silage-based diet

Seven double-muscled Belgian Blue bulls (initial BW: 341 +/- 21 kg) with cannulas in the rumen and proximal duodenum were used in an incomplete replicated Latin square. The study examined the effect of imbalance between energy and N in the rumen on microbial protein synthesis and N metabolism by giving the same diet according to 3 different feeding patterns. The feed ingredients of the diet were separated into 2 groups supplying the same amount of fermentable OM (FOM) but characterized by different levels of ruminally degradable N (RDN). The first group primarily provided energy for the ruminal microbes (12.5 g of RDN/kg of FOM), whereas the second provided greater N (33.3 g of RDN/kg of FOM). These 2 groups were fed to the bulls in different combinations with the aim of creating 3 levels of imbalance (0, 20, and 40 g/ kg of DM) between energy and N supplies in the rumen. Imbalance was measured by the variation of the degradable protein balance (OEB value in the Dutch system) of the diet between the 2 meals each a day. Diurnal variations in ruminal NH3-N concentrations and plasma urea concentrations were greatly influenced by the feeding patterns of the diet. Introduction of imbalance affected neither microbial N flow at the duodenum (P = 0.97) nor efficiency of growth (P = 0.54). The feeding patterns of the diet had no negative impact on NDF degradation in the rumen (P = 0.33). Nitrogen retention was not affected by imbalance (P = 0.74) and reached 49.7, 52.0, and 51.3 g/d, respectively for 0, 20, and 40 g of OEB/kg of DM imbalance. It seems that introduction of an imbalance between energy and N supplies for the ruminal microbes by altering the feeding pattern of the same diet does not negatively influence the microbial activity in the rumen nor N retention of the animal. Nitrogen recycling in the rumen plays a major role in regulating the amount of ruminally available N and allows a continuous synchronization of N and energy-yielding substrates for the microorganisms in the rumen. Therefore, imbalance between dietary energy and N created over a 24-h interval was not detrimental to rumen microbial growth for the animal as long as the level of imbalance did not exceed 40 g of OEB/kg of DM. Thus, these feeding patterns of the diet can be used under practical feeding conditions with minimal impact on the performance of ruminant animals for meat production.     

The use of ribonucleic acids as markers for the measuring of microbial protein yield in the rumen. 2. The effect of sample treatment, the time of sampling and the composition of the ration on the RNA:N ratio in rumen microbes]

In two experiments the influence of the treatment of samples, the sampling time and the composition of the rations on the RNA: N ratio in the rumen microbes was checked. Experiment I proved that freezing (-21 degrees C), thawing and freeze-drying of isolated bacteria and protozoa from the rumen fluid and from the duodenal content did not result in a change of the RNA content and the RNA-N: total N relation. If, however, the rumen fluid is stored deep-frozen before the isolation of the bacteria the N content in the DM of the bacteria decreases by 17% and that of RNA by 30%. This results in a change of the RNA: N relation of 16%. In conclusion, the bacteria are to be isolated immediately after rumen fluid sampling. Isolated bacteria can be stored deep-frozen before RNA determination and then freeze-dried. Experiment II showed that the RNA content of the rumen protozoa varies according to the period after feeding. The RNA: N relation was 0.50, 0.92, 0.70 and 0.58 on average 0, 3, 6 and 8 h after feeding, in which the 3rd hour after feeding can obviously be considered the time of increased microbial activity. The conclusion from this variation is that more than one isolation of microbes must be carried out in the course of the day in order to achieve representative samples. These statements apply to easily and not easily fermentable protein as N source in the feed. It could also be proved that no essential variation is to be expected in the RNA: N relation in the microbes isolated from the rumen fluid in the range of 8-21% crude protein in the DM of the ration (roughage: concentrate = 55: 45). On average the rumen microbes contained 1.7 g RNA-N/16 g N, essential differences between bacteria and protozoa could not be ascertained. From the slight variation of the RNA-N: N relation in the isolated bacteria from various cows one can conclude that there is no need to isolate the microbes of each individual animal.     

参与瘤胃内纤维素降解过程的主要微生物研究进展

纤维素是反刍动物的必需营养素之一,反刍动物主要通过瘤胃微生物降解纤维素。研究者们希望通过全面深入地了解纤维素在瘤胃内的降解过程及相关微生物的信息去调控瘤胃发酵,最终提高动物生产性能。因此,纤维素在瘤胃内的降解过程及相关微生物是反刍动物营养研究的重要内容之一。目前,人们对瘤胃内个别种属纤维分解菌的个别菌株研究较为深入,并建立了纤维小体模型,但是缺乏对瘤胃微生物这个复杂系统整体的了解,同时人们对纤维降解菌和纤维素酶的研究还停留在理论阶段。作者综述了纤维素降解过程及主要相关微生物,其中重点介绍纤维分解菌及相应的纤维素酶的分类、结构和功能,以及固相黏附微生物的洗脱方法等。     

早期营养干预对幼龄反刍动物瘤胃微生物区系发育的影响

正常稳定的瘤胃微生物区系是反刍动物瘤胃健康的重要指标,且在瘤胃结构形态发育、微生物定植模式、免疫功能调节及抵御外源致病因子侵袭等方面发挥着重要积极作用。最近研究表明,新生反刍动物瘤胃微生物组成相对单一,但随着早期瘤胃发育过程中不同微生物群落相继开始定植并占据不同的生态位,此时的营养干预可能会形成特定的微生物群落组合并产生持久影响,这为进一步提高反刍动物生产性能和健康水平提供了更好的长期策略。本研究主要从3个方面详细综述了早期营养干预对瘤胃微生态系统发育的最新研究成果,包括探索幼龄反刍动物瘤胃形态及功能发育、寻找影响早期瘤胃微生物群落定植的因素及最佳调控“窗口期”的选择,并对宿主与微生物群落间的免疫互作进行简要剖析,以期为通过早期营养干预调控瘤胃微生物区系,提高反刍动物生产性能来应对全球畜牧业挑战,并为提高秸秆纤维利用率及抑制甲烷排放提供理论依据。