Composition and Diversity of the Fecal Microbiome and Inferred Fecal Metagenome Does Not Predict Subsequent Pneumonia Caused by Rhodococcus equi in Foals

• Canaan M. Whitfield-Cargile,

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Noah D. Cohen ,

  * E-mail: ncohen@cvm.tamu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Jan Suchodolski,

  Affiliation Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• M. Keith Chaffin,

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Cole M. McQueen,

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Carolyn E. Arnold,

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Scot E. Dowd,

  Affiliation Molecular Research DNA Laboratory (MR DNA), Shallowater, Texas, United States of America

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• Glenn P. Blodgett

  Affiliation 6666 Ranch, Guthrie, Texas, United States of America

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