ABSTRACT: Effects of dietary and fecal microbial transplant treatments on fecal characteristics, metabolites, and microbiota of adult cats treated with metronidazole
Project description:Effects of a veterinary gastrointestinal diet on fecal characteristics, metabolites, and microbiota concentrations of adult cats treated with metronidazole
| PRJNA1175630 | ENA
Project description:In vitro fermentation characteristics of dietary fibers using fecal inocula from dogs treated with metronidazole
| PRJNA1260019 | ENA
Project description:Effects of a Veterinary Gastrointestinal Low-Fat Diet on Fecal Characteristics, Metabolites, and Microbiota Concentrations of Adult Dogs Treated with Metronidazole
Project description:Bacillus licheniformis-fermented products (BLFP) are probiotics with antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory properties that can improve growth performance. This study aimed to, firstly, compare the fecal microbiota of cats with chronic diarrhea (n = 8) with that of healthy cats (n = 4) from the same household using next-generation sequencing and, secondly, evaluate the effectiveness of oral administration of BLFP in relieving clinical signs and altering the intestinal microbiota in diarrheal cats. Six out of eight cats with diarrhea showed clinical improvement after BLFP administration for 7 days, and in two cats the stool condition was normal. A higher Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio was noted in the feces of diarrheal cats without clinical improvement as compared with those in the healthy control group and in the diarrheal cats with clinical improvement after receiving BLFP. The phylum Bacteroidetes and class Bacteroidia decreased significantly in diarrheal cats regardless of BLFP administration. Blautia spp., Ruminococcus torques, and Ruminococcus gnavus, which belong to the Clostridium cluster XIVa and have been reported as beneficial to intestinal health, increased significantly in feces after BLFP treatment. Furthermore, a significant decrease in Clostridium perfringens was noted in diarrheal cats after BLFP administration. Overall, BLFP could be a potential probiotic to relieve gastrointestinal symptoms and improve fecal microbiota in cats with chronic diarrhea.
2022-08-24 | GSE203254 | GEO
Project description:Fecal microbiota and dietary fat in cats
| PRJNA1219520 | ENA
Project description:In vitro fermentation characteristics of dietary fibers using fecal inocula from dogs fed a canned diet and treated with metronidazole
Project description:Morphine causes microbial dysbiosis. In this study we focused on restoration of native microbiota in morphine treated mice and looked at the extent of restoration and immunological consequences of this restoration. Fecal transplant has been successfully used clinically, especially for treating C. difficile infection2528. With our expanding knowledge of the central role of microbiome in maintenance of host immune homeostasis17, fecal transplant is gaining importance as a therapy for indications resulting from microbial dysbiosis. There is a major difference between fecal transplant being used for the treatment of C. difficile infection and the conditions described in our studies. The former strategy is based on the argument that microbial dysbiosis caused by disproportionate overgrowth of a pathobiont can be out-competed by re-introducing the missing flora by way of a normal microbiome transplant. This strategy is independent of host factors and systemic effects on the microbial composition. Here, we show that microbial dysbiosis caused due to morphine can be reversed by transplantation of microbiota from the placebo-treated animals.
Project description:Daily quantitative microbiome profiling on 713 fecal samples from 20 Belgian women over six weeks, combined with extensive anthropometric measurements, blood panels, dietary data, and stool characteristics.
Project description:Dietary components and their metabolites produced by intestinal bacteria play a crucial role in maintaining intestinal epithelial integrity. Disrupted epithelial integrity can lead to increased permeability and chronic inflammation in the colon, known as ulcerative colitis (UC), in genetically predisposed individuals. Our data identified 3-aminobenzoic acid (3-ABA) as a key metabolite that reduces epithelial permeability and enhances barrier integrity in Caco2 cells by modulating the tight junctional regulatory pathway. Attenuated experimental colitis in mice treated with 3-ABA and decreased fecal 3-ABA in patients with UC implied the potential usefulness of 3-ABA as a novel treatment target for UC.
Project description:Next generation sequencing for the feline transcriptome (mRNA and microRNA profiles) was carried out using myocardial samples from female and male young healthy cats, adult healthy cats, and cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.