Fig. 8: Detection of C. botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) gene presence in fecal samples.
From: No hints at glyphosate-induced ruminal dysbiosis in cows
Depicted are the proportions of bont-positive animals at the beginning of the trial (Week 0, only bont/A, PCR detected) and in week 16 (only bont/E, real-time-PCR detected). Displayed in gray are the average bont-postitive proportions in German cattle herds according to Fohler et al.36. CON: groups fed with a control diet, GLY: groups fed with a glyphosate contaminated diet, CFP: concentrate feed proportion, HC: groups with a high CFP, LC: groups fed with a low CFP, *: detection in rumen fluid, average bont detection: mean of week 0 and week 16, Ø GLY: mean bont-positive animals in GLY groups, Ø CON: mean bont-positive animals in CON groups, Ø HC: mean bont-positive animals in HC groups, Ø GLY: mean bont-positive animals in LC groups, Ø overall: mean bont-positive animals without group consideration.
