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SUBMITTER: Bulmer LS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6901590 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bulmer Louise S LS Murray Jo-Anne JA Burns Neil M NM Garber Anna A Wemelsfelder Francoise F McEwan Neil R NR Hastie Peter M PM
Scientific reports 20191209 1
Gut microbiota have been associated with health, disease and behaviour in several species and are an important link in gut-brain axis communication. Diet plays a key role in affecting the composition of gut microbiota. In horses, high-starch diets alter the hindgut microbiota. High-starch diets are also associated with increased behavioural reactivity in horses. These changes in microbiota and behaviour may be associated. This study compares the faecal microbiota and behaviour of 10 naïve ponies ...[more]