DW Pitta, Sanjay Kumar, B Vecchiarelli , N Parmar , B Reddy , CG Joshi Bacterial Diversity Associated with Feeding Dry Forage at Different Dietary Concentrations in the Rumen Contents of Mehshana Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) using 16S Pyrotags Anaerobe 25: 31-41, 2014.Pitta, D.W., Kumar, S., Veccharelli, B., Bittinger, K., Shirley, D., Bhukya, B., and Ferguson, J. Longitudinal shifts in the rumen bacterial communities of dairy cows during the transition period. Accepted for presentation at JAM ASAS Conference, Kansas City, MO. : , 2014.Pitta, D.W., Kumar, S., Indugu, N., Rohini, S., Vecchiarelli, B., Bhukya, B., and Ferguson, J. Metagenomic analysis of the rumen microbiome of dairy cows during the transition period. Accepted for presentation at JAM ASAS Conference, Kansas City, MO. : , 2014.Pitta, D.W., Pinchak, W.E., Vecchiarelli, .B, Sinha, R., Fulford, D. Metagenomic analysis of the rumen microbiome in wheat-induced frothy bloat among steers. Accepted for presentation at JAM ASAS Conference, Kansas City, MO. : , 2014.Pitta, D.W., I. Nagaraju, S. Kumar, N. Parmar, B. Reddy, C.G. Joshi Bacterial diversity associated with different primer pairs on different diets in the rumen microbiome of Kankrej cattle. Accepted for presentation at JAM ASAS Conference, Kansas City, MO. : , 2014.Pitta, D.W., Barry, T.N., López-Villalobos, N., Attwood, G.T. Effect of willow supplementation upon plasma amino acid concentration in ewes grazing drought pastures of low nutritive value. Animal Feed Science and Technology 148: 183-191, 2009.Pitta, D.W., Barry, T.N., López-Villalobos, N., Kemp, P.D. Willow fodder blocks: an alternate forage to ewes during drought? Animal Feed Science and Technology 133: 240-258, 2007.Pitta, D.W., Barry, T.N., López-Villalobos, N., Kemp, P.D., Effects on ewe reproduction of grazing willow fodder blocks during drought. Animal Feed Science and Technology 120: 217-234, 2005.Willette, JA, Pitta, D, Indugu, N, Vecchiarelli, B, Hennessy, ML, Dobbie, T, Southwood, LL Experimental crossover study on the effects of withholding feed for 24 h on the equine faecal bacterial microbiota in healthy mares Bmc Veterinary Research 17: , 2021.