Table 1. Effect of maternal rumen microbiota transplantation on the rate and duration of diarrhea in sika deer calves
Item
Period (wk)
Treatment1)
p-value
CON (n = 5)
FRF (n = 6)
Diarrhea duration (d/head)
0 to 5
2.12 ± 0.88
0.70 ± 0.25b
0.008
0 to 1
60.00
33.33
1 to 2
100.00
66.67
Diarrhea rate (%)
2 to 3
60.00
16.67
3 to 4
20.00
0.00
4 to 5
20.00
0.00
n, the number of sika deer calves; CON, control group sika deer calves inoculated without fresh rumen fluid and were grown separately from mother deer over the trial; FRF, fresh rumen fluid group sika deer calves inoculated with fresh rumen fluid and were grown separately from mother deer over the trial. Means within a row with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05).