A taste of wilderness: supplementary feeding of red deer (cervus elaphus) increases individual bacterial microbiota diversity but lowers abundance of important gut symbionts

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• What: The authors investigated the effects of management conditions and supplemental feeding on the gut bacterial microbiota of red deer (Cervus elaphus) in the Forest Park Germany. This study provides important insights into the effects of management conditions particularly winter enclosure practices on the gut † and are shared first authors and and are shared senior authors. The study demonstrates that even temporary dietary changes have an impact on the gut microbiome and, thus, the importance of properly monitoring gut health when animals are translocated or kept in temporary enclosures (i.e., animals in quarantine). The study shows . . .
  

   

  

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