Table 4 Differential abundance analysis investigating the effect of breed on the abundance bacterial and archaeal taxa in solid, liquid and epithelial ruminal fractions.

1.37 ± 0.35^b

1.90 ± 0.71^ab

1.55 ± 0.84^ab

2.28 ± 0.51^a

0.009

1.34 ± 0.34^b

1.93 ± 0.73^ab

1.58 ± 0.87^ab

2.24 ± 0.51^a

0.023

2.22 ± 0.46^a

2.40 ± 0.49^ab

1.92 ± 0.50^b

2.60 ± 0.53^a

0.024

2.84 ± 0.22^b

3.03 ± 0.17^ab

3.33 ± 0.28^a

2.95 ± 0.18^b

 < 0.001

1.15 ± 0.39^ab

1.44 ± 0.19^ab

2.02 ± 0.47^a

1.05 ± 0.43^b

0.005