Effect of feeding cows genetically modified maize on the bacterial community in the bovine rumen.
Rumen-cannulated cows (n = 4) were fed successively silage made from either conventional or genetically modified (GM) maize. Results revealed no effects of GM maize on the dynamics of six ruminal bacterial strains (investigated by real-time PCR) compared to the conventional maize silage.
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Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstr. 28, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. christiane.albrecht@mci.unibe.ch
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000379:methods; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D030841:Food, Genetically Modified; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology*; D012820:Silage; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial