Dear Victoria

Attached is the Global Rumen Census draft manuscript. This is a near final draft (the figures will be formatted according to journal guidelines, but the main text and content are very close to final) that we will provide to Global Rumen Census collaborators for comment and approval on January 15th 2015.  We plan to submit the manuscript by January 30th 2015. 

Please note that the information in this report and the accompanying manuscript should not be made public until the manuscript has appeared in press. The high-impact journals being targeted for publication have strict embargoes on prior publication of results and will generally not consider any paper or component of a paper that has been published or is under consideration for publication elsewhere.

We look forward to receiving your feedback.

Best wishes,

Gemma