Long-term high-grain diet altered the ruminal pH, fermentation, and composition and functions of the rumen bacterial community, leading to enhanced lactic acid production in Japanese Black beef cattle during fattening

• Toru Ogata,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan, Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

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• Hiroki Makino,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

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• Naoki Ishizuka,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

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• Eiji Iwamoto,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Hyogo Prefectural Technology Center of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Hyogo, Japan

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• Tatsunori Masaki,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Hyogo Prefectural Technology Center of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Hyogo, Japan

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• Kentaro Ikuta,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Awaji Agricultural Technology Center, Minami-Awaji, Hyogo, Japan

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• Yo-Han Kim ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: haneey@iwate-u.ac.jp (YHK); sshigeru@iwate-u.ac.jp (SS)

  Affiliation Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2472-820X

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• Shigeru Sato

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: haneey@iwate-u.ac.jp (YHK); sshigeru@iwate-u.ac.jp (SS)

  Affiliations United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan, Cooperative Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5641-7687

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