Dysbiosis of fecal microbiota in cats with naturally occurring and experimentally induced Tritrichomonas foetus infection

Metzere Bierlein; Barry A. Hedgespeth; M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril; Stephen H. Stauffer; Jody L. Gookin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246957

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Dysbiosis of fecal microbiota in cats with naturally occurring and experimentally induced Tritrichomonas foetus infection

Metzere Bierlein,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Barry A. Hedgespeth,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0399-7163

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M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril,

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

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, UNC Microbiome Core, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Stephen H. Stauffer,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Jody L. Gookin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Jody_Gookin@ncsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2911-0874

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Dysbiosis of fecal microbiota in cats with naturally occurring and experimentally induced Tritrichomonas foetus infection

Metzere Bierlein,
Barry A. Hedgespeth,
M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril,
Stephen H. Stauffer,
Jody L. Gookin

Published: February 19, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246957

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