Cryptosporidium parvum Infection Depletes Butyrate Producer Bacteria in Goat Kid Microbiome

Cryptosporidium parvum is an important apicomplexan parasite infecting ruminants and humans. We characterized the impact of C. parvum infection on the goat kid microbiome. C. parvum was orally administered to parasite-naïve goats, and infection was monitored for 26 days in fecal samples using immuno...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Mammeri, Dasiel Alvarez Obregón, Aurélie Chevillot, Bruno Polack, Christine Julien, Thomas Pollet, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, Karim Tarik Adjou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.548737/full