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Robert A. Cushman

United States Department of AgricultureORCID 0000-0002-0809-1408Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:chicken / avian· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Alexandria P SnideriD· 1 shared Carl Robertson DahleniD· 1 shared Joel S S CatoniD· 1 shared Justine KilamaiD· 1 shared Kacie L McCarthyiD· 1 shared Matthew S CrouseiD· 1 shared Mina AbbasiiD· 1 shared Samat AmatiD· 1 shared

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Fusobacterium necrophorum and Fusobacterium varium are commensal members of the bovine reproductive microbiota and may colonize calf prenatally

Justine Kilama, Carl Robertson Dahlen, Mina Abbasi, Xiaorong Shi, T. G. Nagaraja, Matthew S Crouse, Robert A. Cushman, Alexandria P Snider, Kacie L McCarthy, Joel S S Caton, Samat Amat

The paper identifies Fusobacterium species as commensal members of the bovine reproductive microbiota and shows their presence in calf prenatal samples.

Microbiology Spectrum · Mar 24, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology