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

• Sabine Scully,

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

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

  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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6663-0422

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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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• David A. Kenny,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

  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

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

  * 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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-6624

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