Effects of protein concentration and beta-adrenergic agonists on ruminal bacterial communities in finishing beef heifers

• Alison P. Pfau,

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

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Madison T. Henniger,

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

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Kendall L. Samuelson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural Sciences, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas, United States of America

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• Kristin E. Hales,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

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• Clint A. Löest,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Mike E. Hubbert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Range Sciences, Clayton Livestock Research Center, New Mexico State University, Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Amanda K. Lindholm-Perry,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Amanda M. Egert-McLean,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Katie M. Mason,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0140-2680

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• Elizabeth A. Shepherd,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Brynn H. Voy,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Phillip R. Myer

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pmyer@utk.edu

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1980-2105

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