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Mapping the bacterial ecology on the phyllosphere of dry and post soaked grass hay for horses

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  • Meriel Moore-Colyer
  • Annette Longland
  • Patricia Harris
  • Leo Zeef
  • Susan Crosthwaite

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Soaking hay fodder to reduce dust and soluble carbohydrate (WSC) contents prior to feeding is common practice among horse owners. Soaking can increase bacteria load in hay but no information exists on how this process alters the bacteria profile, which could pose a health risk or digestive challenge, to horses by introducing foreign bacteria into the gastrointestinal tract and so altering the normal profile. The current objectives were to map the bacterial profile of 3 different hays and determine how soaking alters this with the aim of improving best practice when feeding stabled horses. A Perennial Rye grass hay and two meadow s hays were soaked for 0, 1.5, 9 or 16 hours. Pre and post treatment, hays were analysed for WSC and total aerobic bacteria (CFU/g), and differences in bacteria family profiles were determined using ANOVA with significance set at P

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  • Meriel Moore-Colyer & Annette Longland & Patricia Harris & Leo Zeef & Susan Crosthwaite, 2020. "Mapping the bacterial ecology on the phyllosphere of dry and post soaked grass hay for horses," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(1), pages 1-19, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0227151
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227151
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