Fig. 7From: Multi-omics revealed the long-term effect of ruminal keystone bacteria and the microbial metabolome on lactation performance in adult dairy goatsThe influence of the rumen fluid microbiome of young goats on the rumen fluid microbiota composition and milk performance of adult goats. A Comparison of milk yield between the HAL and LAL groups. B The difference in the percentage of ruminal VFAs between HAL and LAL goats. C Distribution of abundant bacterial families. D Top 10 different genera identified by the Wilcoxon rank-sum test between HAL and LAL goats. Bars represent the mean ± SE. E Correlation networks showed association in the microbiota between young and lactating goats. Edge color represents either positive or negative associations between bacteria (p < 0.05). The genera of young goats with more than 5 edges (links) were retained. A, B Student’s t test, data are presented as the mean ± SE. D Wilcoxon rank-sum test. E Spearman’s rank correlation. # 0.1 < p < 0.05 *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 HAL: lactating goats of HADG, LAL: lactating goats of LADGBack to article page