A5102908566- Gut microbiota and health
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
Missouri College
2023
University of Missouri
2023
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect partial replacement dietary hay with sugar beet pulp (SBP) on composition and predicted function fecal microbiota healthy adult horses. Fecal samples were collected daily for 12 days from six horses after removal pasture, including a five-day acclimation period, seven-day period following introduction SBP into their diet, compared untreated over comparable period. DNA was subjected 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing longitudinal analysis...
Horses and other equids are reliant on the gut microbiome for health, studies have reported associations between certain clinical conditions features of fecal microbiome. However, research to date equine has often relied small sample sizes collected from single relatively localized geographic regions. Previous work largely employs timepoint analyses, or horses selected based limited health criteria. To address these issues expand our understanding core in changes associated with adverse...