Characterisation of the bacterial and archaeal microbiota in fresh colostrum collected from a single, spring-calving dairy herd

• Sabine Scully,

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

  Affiliations Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2400-5669

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• Bernadette Earley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland

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• Paul E. Smith,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland

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• Matthew S. J. Finnie,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland

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• Catherine McAloon,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

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• Frank Buckley,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland

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• David A. Kenny,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland

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• Sinéad M. Waters

  * E-mail: sinead.waters@universityofgalway.ie

  Current Address: School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Galway, Co. Galway Ireland.

  Affiliation Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland

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