Characterisation of the faecal bacterial community in adult and elderly horses fed a high fibre, high oil or high starch diet using 454 pyrosequencing.

Faecal samples were collected from seventeen animals, each fed three different diets (high fibre, high fibre with a starch rich supplement and high fibre with an oil rich supplement). DNA was extracted and the V1-V2 regions of 16SrDNA were 454-pyrosequenced to investigate the faecal microbiome of th...

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Main Authors: Kirsty Dougal, Gabriel de la Fuente, Patricia A Harris, Susan E Girdwood, Eric Pinloche, Raymond J Geor, Brian D Nielsen, Harold C Schott, Sarah Elzinga, C Jamie Newbold
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/cac4432422f046b3bdb784f2539e3129
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