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Table 1 Changes in relative abundances of dominant taxa between drying off and calving

From: Milk microbiome in dairy cattle and the challenges of low microbial biomass and exogenous contamination

Drying off

Calving

Taxa

P-value

0.74 ± 0.33%

1.60 ± 0.04%

Escherichia coli

0.050

12.2 ± 0.30%

5.74 ± 0.23%

Unclassified Lachnospiraceae

0.008

18.0 ± 1.10%

15.4 ± 1.83%

Staphylococcus aureus

0.036