ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021
The Fecal Microbiota of Dogs Switching to a Raw Diet Only Partially Converges to That of Wolves.
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- Cuts or carcasses? Diet form affects fecal microbial and animal fiber fractions in a large carnivore, the Asiatic lion.PloS one · 2025Article
- Microbiome Responses to Oral Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Cohort of Domestic Dogs.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Evaluation of corn fermented protein on the fecal microbiome of cats.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Species-level characterization of the core microbiome in healthy dogs using full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Apparent total tract nutrient digestibility of frozen raw, freeze-dried raw, fresh, and extruded dog foods and their effects on serum metabolites and fecal characteristics, metabolites, and microbiota of healthy adult dogs.Translational animal science · 2024Article
- Comparison of the Effect of Corn-fermented Protein and Traditional Ingredients on the Fecal Microbiota of Dogs.Veterinary sciences · 2023Article
- Different Diet Energy Levels Alter Body Condition, Glucolipid Metabolism, Fecal Microbiota and Metabolites in Adult Beagle Dogs.Metabolites · 2023Article
- Effects of microalgae as dietary supplement on palatability, digestibility, fecal metabolites, and microbiota in healthy dogs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- To Save Pangolins: A Nutritional Perspective.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Gut microbiome of captive wolves is more similar to domestic dogs than wild wolves indicated by metagenomics study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The genomic signature of dog domestication reveals adaptation to a starch-rich diet compared with their ancestor wolves. Diet is a key element to shape gut microbial populations in a direct way as well as through coevolution with the host. We investigated the dynamics in the gut microbiota of dogs when shifting from a starch-rich, processed kibble diet to a nature-like raw meat diet, using wolves as a wild reference. Six healthy wolves from a local zoo and six healthy American Staffordshire Terriers were included. Dogs were fed the same commercial kibble diet for at least 3 months before sampling at day 0 (DC), and then switched to a raw meat diet (the same diet as the wolves) for 28 days. Samples from the dogs were collected at day 1 (DR1), week 1 (DR7), 2 (DR14), 3 (DR21), and 4 (DR28). The data showed that the microbial population of dogs switched from kibble diet to raw diet shifts the gut microbiota closer to that of wolves, yet still showing distinct differences. At phylum level, raw meat consumption increased the relative abundance of Fusobacteria and Bacteroidetes at DR1, DR7, DR14, and DR21 (
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