16S rRNA gene amplicons from nasal bovine swabs collected from dairy calves and cow diagnosed with Bovine Respiratory Disease and healthy pen-mates in New York.
The objective of the study focuses on the characterization of the nasal microbiome of apparently healthy (n=50) and BRD-affected (n=51) pen-mates dairy calves as a potential additional diagnostic tool to identify an animal with BRD. Samples were collected from a dairy farm in New York. For the nasal microbiome analysis, the region V4 of the 16S rRNA gene was amplified and sequenced using Illumina MiSeq Sequencer.