Association between the gut microbiome and plasma metabolites linked to vocalization-based temperament in Merino sheep
Our study provides the first large-scale multi-omics evidence linking the rumen microbiome to a dimension of emotional reactivity in livestock, while underscoring the need for longitudinal and experimental validation to establish causal mechanisms. Video Abstract.
Authors
- Shane Kevin Maloney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5878-2266)
- Shuai Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5782-4148)
- Sarah Babington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-4514)
- Luoyang Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5180-6723)
- Kelsey Pool (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9834-3113)
- Lianmin Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0660-3518)
- Feifan Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6081-5412)
- Dominique Blache (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3476-3068)
- Mengdi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2101-9507)
- Jing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3064-7625)
- Yuxing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-5572)
- Jing Shi
- Dale Pilling
- Mira Nishvanthi
Institutions
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital (CN)
- Yangzhou University (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiome
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02332-2
- Primary Topic
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00