TY - T1 - Fresh Rumen Liquid Inoculant Enhances the Rumen Microbial Community Establishment in Pre-weaned Dairy Calves SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/341641 T3 - A1 - Huuki, Hanna; Ahvenjaervi, Seppo; Lidauer, Paula; Popova, Milka; Vilkki, Johanna; Vanhatalo, Aila; Tapio, Ilma A2 - PB - Y1 - 2022 LA - eng AB - The development of the functional rumen in calves involves a complex interplay between the host and host-related microbiome. Attempts to modulate rumen microbial community establishment may therefore have an impact on weaning success, calf health, and animal performance later in life. In this experiment, we aimed to elucidate how rumen liquid inoculum from an adult cow, provided to calves during the pre-weaning period, influences the establishment of rumen bacterial, archaeal, fungal, and ciliat... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - microbiome manipulation; microbiome establishment; dairy calf; ciliate protozoa; anaerobic fungi; bacteria; archaea; rumen function; RUMINAL BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; ANAEROBIC GUT FUNGI; CILIATE PROTOZOA; EARLY-LIFE; NEOCALLIMASTIX-FRONTALIS; ESOPHAGEAL GROOVE; SODIUM-BUTYRATE; MILK; COLONIZATION; FERMENTATION; 412 Animal science, dairy science N1 - PP - ER -