milk metagenome
Analysis of the microbial communities found in milk from dairy cows and non-dairy sheep from parturition into lactation. Counts of immune cells in the milk samples were used as an indication of the host reaction to the bacteria in the mammary gland. Comparison and analysis of these factors were used to determine whether both positive and negative responses to bacteria in dairy cow and non-dairy sheep mammary glands from birth into the first weeks of lactation.