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ArticleVeterinary medicine and science2022

Caecal microbiota in horses with trigeminal-mediated headshaking.

Monica Aleman, Shara A Sheldon, Guillaume Jospin, David Coil, Meri Stratton-Phelps, Jonathan Eisen

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Article in Veterinary medicine and science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Monica AlemanDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5811-9520
Shara A SheldonDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Guillaume JospinThe Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
David CoilThe Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Meri Stratton-PhelpsAll Creatures Nutrition - Private, Fairfield, California, USA.
Jonathan EisenThe Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
University of California, Davis · USFairfield University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTrigeminal-mediated headshaking (TMHS) in horses is a form of neuropathic pain of undetermined cause that often results in euthanasia. The role of microbiota in TMHS has not been investigated in diseased horses.

objectiveTo investigate if gastrointestinal microbiota in the cecum is different in horses with TMHS compared to a control population, during a summer season with clinical manifestations of disease. ANIMALS: Ten castrated horses: five with TMHS and five neurologically normal controls.

methodsAll horses were sourced from our institution and kept under the same husbandry and dietary conditions. All horses were fed orchard grass hay for 30 days and then were euthanized due to chronic untreatable conditions including TMHS and orthopedic disease (control group). Caecal samples for microbiota analysis were collected within 20 min after euthanasia. Sequencing was performed using an Illumina MiSeq platform and the microbiome was analyzed.

resultsThe caecal microbiota of horses with TMHS was similar to control horses in terms of diversity but differed significantly with Methanocorpusculum spp. having higher abundance in horses with TMHS.  CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Methanocorpusculum spp. was more abundant in the cecum of horses with TMHS. However, its role in disease is unknown. Furthermore, it could also represent an incidental finding due to our small population size.

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Horse DiseasesMicrobiotaAnimalsCecumDietHorsesSeasonsheadshakingmicrobiomeneuropathicpaintrigeminal

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