Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota Between Healthy and Diarrheic Horses
Increasing evidence reveals the importance of gut microbiota in animals for regulating intestinal homeostasis, metabolism, and host health. The gut microbial community has been reported to be closely related to many diseases, but information regarding diarrheic influence on gut microbiota in horses...
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| description | Increasing evidence reveals the importance of gut microbiota in animals for regulating intestinal homeostasis, metabolism, and host health. The gut microbial community has been reported to be closely related to many diseases, but information regarding diarrheic influence on gut microbiota in horses remains scarce. This study investigated and compared gut microbial changes in horses during diarrhea. The results showed that the alpha diversity of gut microbiota in diarrheic horses decreased observably, accompanied by obvious shifts in taxonomic compositions. The dominant bacterial phyla (Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, and Kiritimatiellaeota) and genera (uncultured_bacterium_f_Lachnospiraceae, uncultured_bacterium_f_p-251-o5, Lachnospiraceae_AC2044_group, and Treponema_2) in the healthy and diarrheic horses were same regardless of health status but different in abundances. Compared with the healthy horses, the relative abundances of Planctomycetes, Tenericutes, Firmicutes, Patescibacteria, and Proteobacteria in the diarrheic horses were observably decreased, whereas Bacteroidetes, Verrucomicrobia, and Fibrobacteres were dramatically increased. Moreover, diarrhea also resulted in a significant reduction in the proportions of 31 genera and a significant increase in the proportions of 14 genera. Taken together, this study demonstrated that the gut bacterial diversity and abundance of horses changed significantly during diarrhea. Additionally, these findings also demonstrated that the dysbiosis of gut microbiota may be an important driving factor of diarrhea in horses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e33d8dfc7d31445d9efbaf02e964c7382022-12-22T02:22:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Veterinary Science2297-17692022-05-01910.3389/fvets.2022.882423882423Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota Between Healthy and Diarrheic HorsesYaonan LiYanfang LanShuang ZhangXiaoli WangIncreasing evidence reveals the importance of gut microbiota in animals for regulating intestinal homeostasis, metabolism, and host health. The gut microbial community has been reported to be closely related to many diseases, but information regarding diarrheic influence on gut microbiota in horses remains scarce. This study investigated and compared gut microbial changes in horses during diarrhea. The results showed that the alpha diversity of gut microbiota in diarrheic horses decreased observably, accompanied by obvious shifts in taxonomic compositions. The dominant bacterial phyla (Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, and Kiritimatiellaeota) and genera (uncultured_bacterium_f_Lachnospiraceae, uncultured_bacterium_f_p-251-o5, Lachnospiraceae_AC2044_group, and Treponema_2) in the healthy and diarrheic horses were same regardless of health status but different in abundances. Compared with the healthy horses, the relative abundances of Planctomycetes, Tenericutes, Firmicutes, Patescibacteria, and Proteobacteria in the diarrheic horses were observably decreased, whereas Bacteroidetes, Verrucomicrobia, and Fibrobacteres were dramatically increased. Moreover, diarrhea also resulted in a significant reduction in the proportions of 31 genera and a significant increase in the proportions of 14 genera. Taken together, this study demonstrated that the gut bacterial diversity and abundance of horses changed significantly during diarrhea. Additionally, these findings also demonstrated that the dysbiosis of gut microbiota may be an important driving factor of diarrhea in horses.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.882423/fulldiarrheahorsedysbiosisgut microbiotahealthy |
| spellingShingle | Yaonan Li Yanfang Lan Shuang Zhang Xiaoli Wang Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota Between Healthy and Diarrheic Horses Frontiers in Veterinary Science diarrhea horse dysbiosis gut microbiota healthy |
| title | Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota Between Healthy and Diarrheic Horses |
| title_full | Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota Between Healthy and Diarrheic Horses |
| title_fullStr | Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota Between Healthy and Diarrheic Horses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota Between Healthy and Diarrheic Horses |
| title_short | Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota Between Healthy and Diarrheic Horses |
| title_sort | comparative analysis of gut microbiota between healthy and diarrheic horses |
| topic | diarrhea horse dysbiosis gut microbiota healthy |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.882423/full |
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