Rumen microbial and fermentation characteristics are affected differently by bacterial probiotic supplementation during induced lactic and subacute acidosis in sheep

Abderzak Lettat1,2,4, Pierre Nozière1, Mathieu Silberberg1, Diego P Morgavi1, Claudette Berger3, Cécile Martin1*

Sources: 1 INRA, UR1213 Herbivores, Centre de Recherches de Clermont-Ferrand/Theix, F-63122 Saint Genès, Champanelle, France; 2 Danisco France SAS, Zone d'Activités de Buxières, BP 10, F-86220 Dangé-Saint-Romain, France; 3 Danisco France SAS, 20 rue Brunel, F-75017 Paris, France; 4 Present address: Dairy and Swine R&D Centre, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

BMC Microbiology, 2012, 12:142 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-12-142 Submission date 20 February 2012 Acceptance date 21 June 2012 Publication date 19 July 2012