The Fecal Microbiome in Dogs with Acute Diarrhea and Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Disease

S. Suchodolski, Jan; E. Markel, Melissa; F. García-Mazcorro, José; Unterer, Stefan; M. Heilmann, Romy; E. Dowd, Scot; Kachroo, Priyanka; Ivanov, Ivan; Minamoto, Yasushi; M. Dillman, Enricka; M. Steiner, Jörg; K. Cook, Audrey; Toresson, Linda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051907

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The Fecal Microbiome in Dogs with Acute Diarrhea and Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Published in PLoS ONE • Dec 26, 2012

Authors:

Jan S. Suchodolski

Melissa E. Markel

José F. García-Mazcorro

Abstract

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)...

Subject

Inflammatory bowel disease

Medicine

Dysbiosis

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