The effect of a hydrolyzed protein diet on the fecal microbiota in cats with chronic enteropathy

Kathrani, Aarti

Abstract

Background
The effect of a hydrolyzed protein diet on the fecal microbiota has not been studied in feline chronic enteropathy (CE). Our study aimed to 1) compare the fecal microbiota of cats with CE to control cats with no gastrointestinal signs and 2) determine the effect of a hydrolyzed protein diet on the fecal microbiota of cats with CE and whether this differs between dietary responders and non-responders.
Results
The fecal microbiome of cats with CE (n=36) showed decreased α-diversity in terms of genus richness (P=0.04) and increased β-diversity in terms of Bray-Curtis Dissimilarity (P

Citation

Kathrani, A. (2022). The effect of a hydrolyzed protein diet on the fecal microbiota in cats with chronic enteropathy. Microbiome, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06576-y

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 2, 2022
• Publication Date: Feb 17, 2022
• Deposit Date: Nov 2, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 15, 2022
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06576-y