There is limited information on the impact that anthelmintic treatments exert on the fecal microbiome of growing cattle. This study characterizes the composition and metabolic function of the cattle gut microbiome associated with different levels of parasite Fecal Egg Counts (FEC) and characterizes the fecal microbiome before and after ricobendazole-treatment. The hypothesis was that FEC levels and ricobendazole treatment (8 mL/animal RICOVERM 15 g) alter the fecal microbiome structure and predicted functionality.

There is limited information on the impact that anthelmintic treatments exert on the fecal microbiome of growing cattle. This study characterizes the composition and metabolic function of the cattle gut microbiome associated with different levels of parasite Fecal Egg Counts (FEC) and characterizes the fecal microbiome before and after ricobendazole-treatment. The hypothesis was that FEC levels and ricobendazole treatment (8 mL/animal RICOVERM 15 g) alter the fecal microbiome structure and predicted functionality.

Rice paddy soils are an important biogenic source of methane, a relevant greenhouse gas. Rice rotation with upland crops and pastures affects hydrolytic and fermentative bacteria and methanogenic archaea by sequential exposition to oxic and anoxic conditions. There are several ways to reduce methane emissions from rice paddy soils. Here we examine the effect of intensification in rice rotations with upland crops upon the microbial community structure and methanogenesis when dicarboxylic acids exudated by rice root were amended in microcosms assays.