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Poor pasture soil linked to more gum disease in cattle

PubMed · 2026-10-07

Researchers found that cattle pastures in the Amazon with poor soil quality, sandy texture, and low micronutrients tend to have more cows with gum disease, linking soil and forage conditions to animal health through shifts in microbial communities.

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Low-prevalence pastures had finer-textured soils, higher soil copper, and higher forage zinc compared to high-prevalence pastures.

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High-prevalence pastures showed sandier soils, higher soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratios, and lower micronutrient availability, alongside more Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes.

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A streptomycin-resistance gene (strB1) was more abundant in soil and forage from high-prevalence pastures when normalized to bacterial 16S rRNA levels.

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