Evaluation of the bacterial ocular surface microbiome in clinically normal cats before and after treatment with topical erythromycin.

The ocular surface microbiome of veterinary species has not been thoroughly characterized using next generation sequencing. Furthermore, alterations in the feline ocular surface microbiome over time or following topical antibiotic treatment are unknown. Aims of this study were to further characteriz...

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Main Authors: Joshua E Darden, Erin M Scott, Carolyn Arnold, Elizabeth M Scallan, Bradley T Simon, Jan S Suchodolski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223859