Bacterial profiling of Haemonchus contortus gut microbiome infecting Dohne Merino sheep in South Africa.

ABSTRACT: A metagenomic approach was used to study the gut microbiome of Haemonchus contortus field strains and that of its predilection site, the abomasum of Dohne Merino sheep. The abomasum contents and H. contortus were collected from 10 naturally infected Dohne Merino sheep. The H. contortus specimens were classified and sexually differentiated using morphometric characters and was further confirmed through molecular identification. We investigated differences and similarities between the bacterial composition of the adult male and female H. contortus gut microbiomes, which were both dominated by bacteria from the Escherichia, Shigella, Vibrio and Halomonas genera. Major abundance variations were identified between the shared adult male and female H. contortus microbiomes. The results also revea

SUBMITTER: Mafuna T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7961046 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature