225 Fecal microbiota and metabolites of adult dogs fed extruded, mildly cooked, and raw diets

Algya, Kiley Michelle; Cross, Tzu Wen L.; Lee, A. H.; Lye, Lynn; Godoy, María R C de; Swanson, Kelly S.

doi:10.2527/asasann.2017.225

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“…However, dogs do not rely on the microbial fermentation of carbohydrates as much as humans [ 23 ]. In addition, the knowledge on the role of SCFAs in canine immune function is scarce, and relationships between SCFAs, diets as well as microbiota rarely studied and contradictory [ 56 , 64 ]. Thus, whether the aforementioned microbes have allergy/atopy-protecting capacity, e.g.…”

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Distinct healthy and atopic canine gut microbiota is influenced by diet and antibiotics

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The rising trend in non-communicable chronic inflammatory diseases coincides with changes in Western lifestyle. While changes in the human microbiota may play a central role in the development of chronic diseases, estimating the contribution of associated lifestyle factors remains challenging. We studied the influence of lifestyle—diet, antibiotic use, and residential environment with housing and family—on the gut microbiota of healthy and owner-reported atopic pet dogs, searching for associations between the lifestyle factors, atopy and microbiota. The results showed that atopic and healthy dogs had contrasting gut microbial composition. The gut microbiota also differed between two breeds, Labrador Retriever and Finnish Lapphund, selected for our study. Among all lifestyle factors studied, diet was most significantly associated with gut microbiota but only weakly with atopic symptoms. Thus, diet- and atopy-associated changes in the microbiota were not interrelated. Instead, the severity of symptoms was positively associated with the usage of antibiotics, which in turn was associated with the microbiota composition. Urban lifestyle was significantly associated with the increased prevalence of allergies but not with the gut microbiota. Our results from pet dogs supported previous evidence from humans, demonstrating that antibiotics, gut microbiota and atopic manifestation are interrelated. This congruence suggests that canine atopy might be a promising model for understanding the aetiology of human allergy.

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