Specific increase of Fusobacterium in the faecal microbiota of neonatal calves infected with Cryptosporidium parvum.

ABSTRACT: The faecal microbiota plays a critical role in host health, with alterations in the human faecal microbial composition associated with various conditions, particularly diarrhoeal diseases. However, little is known about microbial changes during cryptosporidiosis, one of the most important diarrhoeal diseases caused by protozoa in cattle. In this study, alterations in the faecal microbiota of neonatal calves as a result of Cryptosporidium parvum infection were investigated on a C. parvum-positive farm. Comparisons were made among groups of C. parvum-infected, rotavirus-infected, and the pathogen-negative calves. A specific increase in the abundance of Fusobacterium was observed in the faecal microbiota of C. parvum-infected animals. Diarrhoea severity increased in accordance with the abunda

SUBMITTER: Ichikawa-Seki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715637 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature