The Utility of Culture Independent Methods to Evaluate the Fecal Microbiome in Overweight Horses Fed Orchard Grass Hay
This dissertation documents efforts to evaluate metabolic variables and the fecal microbiome in adult horses fed grass hay. In the first study, eight Arabian geldings limit-fed an 18% vs. 12% non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) hays in a cross-over design during two 28-day periods were included to eva...
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Virginia Tech
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77189 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09062012-002403/ |