Effects of Intravenous Antimicrobial Drugs on the Equine Fecal Microbiome
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animals
2.2. Experiment
2.3. DNA Extraction, PCR Amplification and Sequencing
3. Data Analysis
4. Results
4.1. Clinical Response to Antimicrobial Therapy
4.2. Overall Assessment of the Sequences
4.3. Alpha Diversity
4.4. Beta Diversity
4.5. Relative Abundance
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Liepman, R.S.; Swink, J.M.; Habing, G.G.; Boyaka, P.N.; Caddey, B.; Costa, M.; Gomez, D.E.; Toribio, R.E. Effects of Intravenous Antimicrobial Drugs on the Equine Fecal Microbiome. Animals 2022, 12, 1013. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12081013
Liepman RS, Swink JM, Habing GG, Boyaka PN, Caddey B, Costa M, Gomez DE, Toribio RE. Effects of Intravenous Antimicrobial Drugs on the Equine Fecal Microbiome. Animals. 2022; 12(8):1013. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12081013
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiepman, Rachel S., Jacob M. Swink, Greg G. Habing, Prosper N. Boyaka, Benjamin Caddey, Marcio Costa, Diego E. Gomez, and Ramiro E. Toribio. 2022. "Effects of Intravenous Antimicrobial Drugs on the Equine Fecal Microbiome" Animals 12, no. 8: 1013. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12081013