Cloacal microbiome variation in wild and captive Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi) with and without Cryptosporidium serpentis infection

• Christopher Roger Brown ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: cbrown77@tulane.edu

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3587-3525

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• Mark Nikolaus Yacoub,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation MiDOG Animal Diagnostics LLC, Tustin, California, United States of America

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• James E. Bogan,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens’ Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation, Eustis, Florida, United States of America

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• Matthew D. Buehler,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Auburn University Museum of Natural History, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Michelle Lea Hoffman,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens’ Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation, Eustis, Florida, United States of America

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• Janina Alessandra Krumbeck,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software

  Affiliation MiDOG Animal Diagnostics LLC, Tustin, California, United States of America

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• Zachary J. Loughman

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, West Liberty University, West Liberty, West Virginia, United States of America

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