The Fecal Microbiota of Dogs Switching to a Raw Diet Only Partially Converges to That of Wolves

The genomic signature of dog domestication reveals adaptation to a starch-rich diet compared with their ancestor wolves. Diet is a key element to shape gut microbial populations in a direct way as well as through coevolution with the host. We investigated the dynamics in the gut microbiota of dogs w...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Jia Xu, Anne A. M. J. Becker, Yu Luo, Wenfu Zhang, Bingqian Ge, Chunqing Leng, Guyue Wang, Limin Ding, Jianmei Wang, Xiaoyu Fu, Geert P. J. Janssens
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Subjects:	gut microbiome canine domestication raw meat wolves nutrition
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.701439/full

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