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dc.contributor.authorHankel, Julia
dc.contributor.authorAbd El-Wahab, Amr
dc.contributor.authorGrone, Richard
dc.contributor.authorKeller, Birgit
dc.contributor.authorGalvez, Eric
dc.contributor.authorStrowig, Till
dc.contributor.authorVisscher, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T12:15:14Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T12:15:14Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-06
dc.identifier.citationMicroorganisms. 2020 Sep 6;8(9):E1363. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8091363.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2076-2607
dc.identifier.pmid32899987
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/microorganisms8091363
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10033/622456
dc.description.abstractAnthropomorphism of dogs has affected feeding and the choice of components present in diets for dogs. Conflicting trends are present: raw or vegetarian appear more prevalent. Animal-derived proteins seem to have unfavourable impacts on intestinal microflora by decreasing the presence of Bacteroidetes. This preliminary study evaluates whether effects of diets with animal proteins on intestinal microbiota can be compensated by the addition of certain carbohydrates to dog diet. Eight female beagles were included in a cross-over study and fed a vegetarian diet or the same diet supplemented with feather meal (2.7%) and either 20% of cornmeal, fermented or non-fermented rye (moisture content of the diets about 42%). A 16S rRNA gene amplification was performed within the hypervariable region V4 on faecal samples and sequenced with the Illumina MiSeq platform. The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio tended to shift to the advantage of Firmicutes when feather meal and cornmeal were added (Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of 5.12 compared to 2.47 when offered the vegetarian diet) and tended to switch back to the advantage of Bacteroidetes if rye: fermented (2.17) or not (1.03) was added. The addition of rye might have the potential to compensate possible unfavourable effects of diets with animal proteins on intestinal microbiota of dogs.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.subject16S rRNA geneen_US
dc.subjectBacteroidetesen_US
dc.subjectFirmicutesen_US
dc.subjectdogen_US
dc.subjectfermentationen_US
dc.subjectfibreen_US
dc.subjectgut bacteriaen_US
dc.subjectnovel nutritional trendsen_US
dc.titleFaecal Microbiota of Dogs Offered a Vegetarian Diet with or without the Supplementation of Feather Meal and either Cornmeal, Rye or Fermented Rye: A Preliminary Study.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHZI,Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH, Inhoffenstr. 7,38124 Braunschweig, Germany.en_US
dc.identifier.journalMicroorganismsen_US
dc.source.volume8
dc.source.issue9
refterms.dateFOA2020-09-24T12:15:14Z
dc.source.journaltitleMicroorganisms
dc.source.countrySwitzerland


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