Falcon gut microbiome is shaped by diet and enriched in <i>Salmonella</i>

Abstract excerpt

The gut microbiome is increasingly being appreciated as a master regulator of animal health. However, most avian gut microbiome studies have focused on birds of economic importance while the gut microbiomes of raptors remain underexplored. Here we examine the gut microbiota of 29 samples from four Falco species including hybrid birds— raptors of historic importance —in the context of avian evolution by sequencing...

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• Animal Nutrition and Physiology
• Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
• Gut microbiota and health
• Probiotics and Fermented Foods

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Literature Corpus work

5544faed-2edd-5be3-9cb1-b2cf5204d2f6

DOI

10.1101/2022.11.25.517295