Alterations of the bacterial ocular surface microbiome are found in both eyes of horses with unilateral ulcerative keratitis

Martha E. Julien; Johnathan B. Shih; Bruna Correa Lopes; Lucien V. Vallone; Jan S. Suchodolski; Rachel Pilla; Erin M. Scott

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291028

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Alterations of the bacterial ocular surface microbiome are found in both eyes of horses with unilateral ulcerative keratitis

Martha E. Julien,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft

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

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

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

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

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

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1234-599X

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Lucien V. Vallone,

Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ems462@cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9702-7298

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Alterations of the bacterial ocular surface microbiome are found in both eyes of horses with unilateral ulcerative keratitis

Martha E. Julien,
Johnathan B. Shih,
Bruna Correa Lopes,
Lucien V. Vallone,
Jan S. Suchodolski,
Rachel Pilla,
Erin M. Scott

Published: September 8, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291028

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