Intestinal Microbiota of Dogs and Cats: A Bigger World than We Thought

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-272

  Suchodolski, Jan S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Canine; Feline; Gastrointestinal; Gastrointestinal tract; Metagenomics; Microbiota; Microflora

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA VIRUS; DOG; FUNGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPOGENESIS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RNA FINGERPRINTING; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATS; DOGS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79953842476     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2010.12.006     Document Type: Review

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