Differences in the faecal microbiome of non-diarrhoeic clinically healthy dogs and cats associated with Giardia duodenalis infection: Impact of hookworms and coccidia

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 585-594

  Šlapeta, Jan ^a   Dowd, Scot E ^b   Alanazi, Abdullah D ^c   Westman, Mark E ^a   Brown, Graeme K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MR DNA Molecular Research LP   (United States)

^c SHAQRA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal community dogs; Ancylostoma; Catenibacterium; Gastrointestinal microbiota; Hookworms; Immunomodulation

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

CANID; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FELID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAT; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; DOG DISEASE; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; VETERINARY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CATENIBACTERIUM; COCCIDIA; CYSTOISOSPORA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; VERMES;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 84937522115     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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