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SUBMITTER: Tysnes KR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7071093 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tysnes Kristoffer Relling KR Angell Inga Leena IL Fjellanger Iselin I Larsen Sigrid Drageset SD Søfteland Silje Rebekka SR Robertson Lucy J LJ Skancke Ellen E Rudi Knut K
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20200125 2
Although our understanding of the role of the gut microbiota in different diseases is improving, our knowledge regarding how the gut microbiota affects functioning in healthy individuals is still limited. Here, we hypothesize that the gut microbiota could be associated with sled dog endurance-race performance. We investigated the gut microbiota in 166 fecal samples from 96 Alaskan Huskies, representing 16 teams participating in the 2016 Femund Race (400 km) in Norway, relating the microbiota com ...[more]