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BioMed Central, BMC Microbiology, 1(15), 2015

DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0514-5

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Faecal microbiota characterisation of horses using 16 rDNA barcoded pyrosequencing, and carriage rate of clostridium difficile at hospital admission

Journal article published in 2015 by Cristina Rodriguez ORCID, Bernard Taminiau, Bastien Brévers, Véronique Avesani, Johan Van Broeck, Aurélia Leroux ORCID, Marjorie Gallot, Antoine Bruwier, Hélene Amory, Michel Delmée, Georges Daube
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Abstract

Abstract Background The equine faecal microbiota is very complex and remains largely unknown, while interspecies interactions have an important contribution to animal health. Clostridium difficile has been identified as an important cause of diarrhoea in horses. This study provides further information on the nature of the bacterial communities present in horses developing an episode of diarrhoea. The prevalence of C. difficile in hospitalised horses at the time of admission is also reported. Results Bacterial diversity of the gut microbiota in diarrhoea is lower than that in non-diarrhoeic horses in terms of species richness (p-value