Changes in the faecal microbiome of pied tamarins (Saguinus bicolor) associated with chronic, recurrent diarrhoea and weight loss

Abstract Background Chronic recurrent diarrhoea and weight loss is a common problem in captive callitrichids. These symptoms are common clinical features of marmoset wasting syndrome (MWS), a chronic enteric inflammation of unknown aetiology associated with mortality in captive marmosets. The unknow...

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Main Authors: Peter Richards-Rios, Paul Wigley, Javier López, Dominic Wormell, Alberto Barbón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Animal Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-020-00062-4