Microbial compositions comprising rumen microflora and uses thereof
AssigneeThe State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
InventorsItzhak Mizrahi, Elie Jami
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Abstract
A method of mimicking a phenotype of a first ruminating animal in a second ruminating animal is disclosed. The method comprises administering to the second ruminating animal a microbial composition comprising a plurality of microbes having a signature which is statistically significantly similar to the microbial signature of a rumen microbiome of the first ruminating animal, wherein the first and the second ruminating animal are of identical species, thereby mimicking the phenotype of the first ruminating animal in the second ruminating animal.
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A method of mimicking a phenotype of a first ruminating animal in a second ruminating animal, wherein said phenotype is selected from the group consisting of milk production, meat quality, milk quality and milk quantity, comprising administering to the second ruminating animal a microbial composition of the rumen of the first ruminating animal, wherein the relative abundance of microbial species in said composition is identical to the relative abundance of said microbal species of the rumen of the first ruminating animal, wherein said first and said second ruminating animal are of an identical species, thereby mimicking the phenotype of the first ruminating animal in the second ruminating animal, wherein said second ruminating animal is a newborn.
A method of mimicking a phenotype of a first ruminating animal in a second ruminating animal, wherein said phenotype is selected from the group consisting of milk production, meat quality, milk quality and milk quantity, comprising administering to the second ruminating animal a microbial composition of the rumen of the first ruminating animal, wherein the relative abundance of microbial species in said composition is identical to the relative abundance of said microbal species of the rumen of the first ruminating animal, wherein said first and said second ruminating animal are of an identical species, thereby mimicking the phenotype of the first ruminating animal in the second ruminating animal, wherein said second ruminating animal is treated with an antibiotic composition prior to the administering.
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