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ABSTRACT: Background
Periodontal disease is the most common oral disease of dogs worldwide and results from a complex interplay between plaque bacteria, the host and environmental factors. Recent studies have enhanced our understanding of the associations between the plaque microbiota and canine periodontal disease. These studies, however, were limited in their geographical reach. Thus associations between the canine oral microbiota and geographical location were investigated by determining the composition of subgingival plaque samples from 587 dogs residing in the United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA), China and Thailand using 454-pyrosequencing.Results
After quality filtering 6,944,757 sequence reads were obtained and clustering of these at ?98% sequence resulted in 280 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) following exclusion of rare OTUs (present at ConclusionsThe bacterial associations with health, gingivitis and periodontitis were conserved across dogs from the UK, USA, China and Thailand. These bacterial signatures of periodontal health and disease have potential as biomarkers for disease detection.
SUBMITTER: Wallis C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7789547 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wallis C C Milella L L Colyer A A O'Flynn C C Harris S S Holcombe L J LJ
BMC veterinary research 20210106 1
<h4>Background</h4>Periodontal disease is the most common oral disease of dogs worldwide and results from a complex interplay between plaque bacteria, the host and environmental factors. Recent studies have enhanced our understanding of the associations between the plaque microbiota and canine periodontal disease. These studies, however, were limited in their geographical reach. Thus associations between the canine oral microbiota and geographical location were investigated by determining the co ...[more]