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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018

16S rRNA Sequencing Reveals Relationship Between Potent Cellulolytic Genera and Feed Efficiency in the Rumen of Bulls.

Emily McGovern, David A Kenny, Matthew S McCabe, Claire Fitzsimons, Mark McGee, Alan K Kelly, Sinéad M Waters

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emily McGovernTeagasc, Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Ireland.
David A KennyTeagasc, Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Ireland.
Matthew S McCabeTeagasc, Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Ireland.
Claire FitzsimonsTeagasc, Livestock Research Systems Department, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Ireland.
Mark McGeeTeagasc, Livestock Research Systems Department, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Ireland.
Alan K KellyUCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland.
Sinéad M WatersTeagasc, Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Ireland.
Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority · IEUniversity College Dublin · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rumen microbial population dictates the host's feed degradation capacity and subsequent nutrient supply. The rising global human population and intensifying demand for animal protein is creating environmental challenges. As a consequence, there is an increasing requirement for livestock with enhanced nutrient utilization capacity in order to more efficiently convert plant material to high quality edible muscle. In the current study, residual feed intake (RFI), a widely used and a highly accepted measure of feed efficiency in cattle, was calculated for a combination of three cohorts of Simmental bulls. All animals were managed similarly from birth and offered concentrate

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feed efficiencymicrobiotanutritionphylogenetic analysisrumen

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PMID30147683
PMCPMC6097346
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