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SUBMITTER: Guard BC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5407640 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guard Blake C BC Mila Hanna H Steiner Jörg M JM Mariani Claire C Suchodolski Jan S JS Chastant-Maillard Sylvie S
PloS one 20170427 4
Limited information is available describing the development of the neonatal fecal microbiome in dogs. Feces from puppies were collected at 2, 21, 42, and 56 days after birth. Feces were also collected from the puppies' mothers at a single time point within 24 hours after parturition. DNA was extracted from fecal samples and 454-pyrosequencing was used to profile 16S rRNA genes. Species richness continued to increase significantly from 2 days of age until 42 days of age in puppies. Furthermore, m ...[more]