Gut Microbiota Profiling as a Promising Tool to Detect Equine Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

ABSTRACT: Gastrointestinal disorders are common and debilitating in horses, but their diagnosis is often difficult and invasive. Fecal samples offer a non-invasive alternative to assessing the gastrointestinal health of horses by providing information about the gut microbiota and inflammation. In this study, we used 16S sequencing to compare the fecal bacterial diversity and composition of 27 healthy horses and 49 horses diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We also measured fecal calprotectin concentration, a marker of intestinal inflammation, in healthy horses and horses with IBD. We found that microbiota composition differed between healthy horses and horses with IBD, although less than five percent of the variation in microbiota composition was explained by individual health status an

SUBMITTER: Savilammi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11350833 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature