ArticleMicroorganisms2021
Identification of Bull Semen Microbiome by 16S Sequencing and Possible Relationships with Fertility.
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- What about the bull? A systematic review about the role of males in bovine infectious infertility within cattle herds.Veterinary and animal science · 2023Review
- Reproductive Microbiomes in Domestic Livestock: Insights Utilizing 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Community Sequencing.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
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- Bovine neonatal microbiome origins: a review of proposed microbial community presence from conception to colostrum.Translational animal science · 2023Article
- Mammals' sperm microbiome: current knowledge, challenges, and perspectives on metagenomics of seminal samples.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
- Heat Stress Altered the Vaginal Microbiome and Metabolome in Rabbits.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- House feeding pattern increased male yak fertility by improving gut microbiota and serum metabolites.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Reports on the use of 16S sequencing for the identification of bacteria in healthy animals are lacking. Bacterial contamination of bull semen can have a negative effect on the sperm quality. The aims of this study were threefold: to identify bacteria in the semen of healthy bulls using 16S sequencing; to investigate the differences in the bacterial community between individual bulls; and to establish if there was a relationship between the bacteria isolated and bull fertility. Semen from 18 bulls of known fertility was used for the DNA extraction and 16S sequencing; 107 bacterial genera were identified. The differences in the amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) and the numbers of genera between bulls were noted. Negative correlations (
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