Blood Microbiome: A New Marker of Gut Microbial Population in Dogs?

ABSTRACT: The characterization of the microbial population in different compartments of the organism, such as the gastrointestinal tract, is now possible thanks to the use of high-throughput DNA sequencing technique. Several studies in the companion animals field have already investigated the fecal microbiome in healthy or sick subjects; however, the methodologies used in the different laboratories and the limited number of animals recruited in each experiment do not allow a straight comparison among published results. Previously, our research focused on the characterization of the microbial taxa variability in 340 fecal samples from 132 healthy dogs, collected serially from several in-house experiments. The results supported the responsiveness of microbiota to dietary and sex factors and allowed us

SUBMITTER: Scarsella E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7761930 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature