The fecal microbiome in dogs with acute diarrhea and idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease.

BACKGROUND: Recent molecular studies have revealed a highly complex bacterial assembly in the canine intestinal tract. There is mounting evidence that microbes play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic enteropathies of dogs, including idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...

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Main Authors: Jan S Suchodolski, Melissa E Markel, Jose F Garcia-Mazcorro, Stefan Unterer, Romy M Heilmann, Scot E Dowd, Priyanka Kachroo, Ivan Ivanov, Yasushi Minamoto, Enricka M Dillman, Jörg M Steiner, Audrey K Cook, Linda Toresson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3530590?pdf=render