The Equine Gastrointestinal Microbiome: Impacts of Age and Obesity

The Equine Gastrointestinal Microbiome: Impacts of Age and Obesity

Gastrointestinal microbial communities are increasingly being implicated in host susceptibilities to nutritional/metabolic diseases; such conditions are more prevalent in obese and/or older horses. This controlled study evaluated associations between host-phenotype and the fecal microbiome / metabol...

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Main Authors: Philippa K. Morrison, Charles J. Newbold, Eleanor Jones, Hilary J. Worgan, Dai H. Grove-White, Alexandra H. Dugdale, Clare Barfoot, Patricia A. Harris, Caroline McG Argo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
equine
obesity
age
insulin dysregulation
fecal microbiome
fecal metabolome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03017/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03017/full

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