Composition and Diversity of the Fecal Microbiome and Inferred Fecal Metagenome Does Not Predict Subsequent Pneumonia Caused by Rhodococcus equi in Foals.

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Published in PLoS One on August 25, 2015

Authors

Canaan M Whitfield-Cargile1, Noah D Cohen1, Jan Suchodolski2, M Keith Chaffin1, Cole M McQueen1, Carolyn E Arnold1, Scot E Dowd3, Glenn P Blodgett4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America.
2: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America.
3: Molecular Research DNA Laboratory (MR DNA), Shallowater, Texas, United States of America.
4: 6666 Ranch, Guthrie, Texas, United States of America.

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