The feline cutaneous and oral microbiota are influenced by breed and environment

Caitlin E. Older; Alison B. Diesel; Sara D. Lawhon; Cintia R. R. Queiroz; Luan C. Henker; Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220463

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The feline cutaneous and oral microbiota are influenced by breed and environment

Caitlin E. Older,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-5815

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Alison B. Diesel,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America
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Cintia R. R. Queiroz,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America
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Luan C. Henker,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America
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Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America
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The feline cutaneous and oral microbiota are influenced by breed and environment

Caitlin E. Older,
Alison B. Diesel,
Sara D. Lawhon,
Cintia R. R. Queiroz,
Luan C. Henker,
Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann

Published: July 30, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220463

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