A metagenomics study of the rumen virome of the sheep and the goat
In this study, material from rumen was collected from goats and sheep, obtained from the Dagoretti abattoir (Nairobi). These were sieved, enriched for viruses by membrane filtration, ultra-centrifugation, overnight PEG treatment and nuclease treatment. DNA was extracted using the Roche’s extraction kit and subsequently submitted for pyrosequencing.