Utilizing the fecal microbiota to understand foal gut transitions from birth to weaning.

Utilizing the fecal microbiota to understand foal gut transitions from birth to weaning.

A healthy gastrointestinal (GI) tract with a properly established microbiota is necessary for a foal to develop into a healthy weanling. A foal's health can be critically impacted by aberrations in the microbiome such as with diarrhea which can cause great morbidity and mortality in foals. In t...

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Main Authors: Ubaldo De La Torre, John D Henderson, Kathleen L Furtado, Madeleine Pedroja, O'Malley Elenamarie, Anthony Mora, Monica Y Pechanec, Elizabeth A Maga, Michael J Mienaltowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216211

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216211

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