Dietary format alters fecal bacterial populations in the domestic cat (Felis catus)

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dc.contributor.authorBermingham EN
dc.contributor.authorYoung W
dc.contributor.authorKittelmann S
dc.contributor.authorKerr KR
dc.contributor.authorSwanson KS
dc.contributor.authorRoy NC
dc.contributor.authorThomas DG
dc.date.available2013-02-01
dc.date.available2012-11-12
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe effects of short-term (5-week) exposure to wet or dry diets on fecal bacterial populations in the cat were investigated. Sixteen mixed-sex, neutered, domestic short-haired cats (mean age = 6 years; mean bodyweight = 3.4 kg) were randomly allocated to wet or dry diets in a crossover design. Fecal bacterial DNA was isolated and bacterial 16S rRNA gene amplicons generated and analyzed by 454 Titanium pyrosequencing. Cats fed dry diets had higher abundances (P < 0.05) of Actinobacteria (16.5% vs. 0.1%) and lower abundances of Fusobacteria (0.3% vs. 23.1%) and Proteobacteria (0.4% vs. 1.1%) compared with cats fed the wet diet. Of the 46 genera identified, 30 were affected (P < 0.05) by diet, with higher abundances of Lactobacillus (31.8% vs. 0.1%), Megasphaera (23.0% vs. 0.0%), and Olsenella (16.4% vs. 0.0%), and lower abundances of Bacteroides (0.6% vs. 5.7%) and Blautia (0.3% vs. 2.3%) in cats fed the dry diet compared with cats fed the wet diet. These results demonstrate that short-term dietary exposure to diet leads to large shifts in fecal bacterial populations that have the potential to affect the ability of the cat to process macronutrients in the diet.
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dc.identifier.citationMICROBIOLOGYOPEN, 2013, 2 (1), pp. 173 - 181 (9)
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/mbo3.60
dc.identifier.elements-id193872
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn2045-8827
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/13253
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons
dc.relation.isPartOfMICROBIOLOGYOPEN
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectMicrobiology
dc.subjectFeline
dc.subjectfecal bacterial community
dc.subjecthigh-throughput nucleotide sequencing
dc.subjectRIBOSOMAL-RNA SEQUENCES
dc.subjectMICROBIAL-POPULATIONS
dc.subjectGUT MICROBIOME
dc.subjectINTESTINAL MICROBIOTA
dc.subjectADULT CATS
dc.subjectOBESITY
dc.subjectCONNECTION
dc.subjectDIVERSITY
dc.subjectCELLULOSE
dc.subjectTRACT
dc.subject.anzsrc0605 Microbiology
dc.titleDietary format alters fecal bacterial populations in the domestic cat (Felis catus)
dc.typeJournal article
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