title: Modulation of the Bifidobacterial Communities of the Dog Microbiota by Zeolite.
abstract: During last decades canine health and well being is becoming an important issue for human owners. In dogs, several factors including diet, pathogenic bacterial and stress conditions can affect the composition of the gut microbiota. In this study, we evaluated the effect of dietary chabazitic zeolitite (CZ) supplementation on the contribution of bifidobacteria to the fecal microbiota in training hunting dogs. Fecal microbiota cataloging based on 16S rRNA microbial profiling analyses highlighted an increase ofLactobacillusandBifidobacteriumin animals treated with CZ, with a simultaneous decrease of pathogens associated with dog gastrointestinal infections, such asKlebsiellaandEnterobacter. A detailed profiling of the bifidobacterial population of dogs receiving CZ based on the ITS-based sequencing approach, revealed an enhancement bifidobacterial of species typical of animals such asBifidobacterium animalisandB. pseudolongum. Moreover, these analyses identified the occurrence of putative new bifidobacterial taxa in both treated and untreated samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Parma Parma,Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sabbioni
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferrario
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milani
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mancabelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Parma Parma,Italy.
authors.forename: Enzo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Riccardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Parma Parma,Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Ianni
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Parma Parma,Italy.
authors.forename: Valentino
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Beretti
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Parma Parma,Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Superchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Parma Parma,Italy.
authors.forename: Maria C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ossiprandi
keywords: Bifidobacterium; adsorptive capacity; chabazitic zeolitite; dogs; gut microbiota