Evaluation of changes in microbiota after fecal microbiota transplantation in 6 diarrheic horses.
Márcio Costa, Rebecca Di Pietro, José Antônio Bessegatto, Priscilla Fajardo Valente Pereira, Fernanda C Stievani, Roberta Gaberlini Gomes, Júlio Augusto Naylor Lisbôa, J. Scott Weese
Abstract
genus increased in healthy donors. The results suggest that FMT from the healthy donors was not effective over a 7-day period as it did not change the fecal microbiota of the diarrheic horses. Further research to improve the efficacy of FMT in horses is needed.
Topics & Concepts
FecesDiarrheaFecal bacteriotherapyMedicineGut floraTransplantationVeterinary medicineBiologyMicrobiologyImmunologyGastroenterologyInternal medicineAntibioticsClostridium difficileClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchGut microbiota and healthGastrointestinal motility and disorders