{"title":"Optimizing cetacean blow collection methods under controlled conditions: implications for further non-invasive UAV-based sampling of the cetacean respiratory microbiome in the wild.","authors":"Elyne Dugény, Luca Ceolotto, Rafaella Franch, Gaia Pesce, Eva Alvarez, Erika Esposti, Sandro Mazzariol, Cinzia Centelleghe","doi":"10.1186/s42523-026-00555-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-026-00555-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72201,"journal":{"name":"Animal microbiome","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147617205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Animal microbiomePub Date : 2026-03-25DOI: 10.1186/s42523-026-00554-9
Alexandra Langlois, Mélissa Duplessis, Jennifer Ronholm, Antony T Vincent, Dominic Poulin-Laprade, Renée M Petri
{"title":"Impact of differential dietary concentrations of cobalt, manganese and zinc on gastrointestinal microbiome and resistome of lactating dairy cattle.","authors":"Alexandra Langlois, Mélissa Duplessis, Jennifer Ronholm, Antony T Vincent, Dominic Poulin-Laprade, Renée M Petri","doi":"10.1186/s42523-026-00554-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s42523-026-00554-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72201,"journal":{"name":"Animal microbiome","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13137713/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147517164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Animal microbiomePub Date : 2026-03-24DOI: 10.1186/s42523-026-00548-7
Xiaowei Duan, Lu Ma, Calum Bridson, Zhijie Luo, Stafford Vigors, Dengpan Bu
{"title":"Effects of Ligilactobacillus agilis W70 and dietary protein levels on feed efficiency, nitrogen metabolism, and rumen microbiota of lactating dairy cows.","authors":"Xiaowei Duan, Lu Ma, Calum Bridson, Zhijie Luo, Stafford Vigors, Dengpan Bu","doi":"10.1186/s42523-026-00548-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s42523-026-00548-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72201,"journal":{"name":"Animal microbiome","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134307/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147517093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Animal microbiomePub Date : 2026-03-24DOI: 10.1186/s42523-026-00551-y
Guanyue Wei, Min Liu, Lusheng Huang, Congying Chen
{"title":"Metagenomic sequencing reveals the dynamic changes of pig gut fungal composition following the ages and identifies fungal species associated with diarrhea in piglets.","authors":"Guanyue Wei, Min Liu, Lusheng Huang, Congying Chen","doi":"10.1186/s42523-026-00551-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s42523-026-00551-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72201,"journal":{"name":"Animal microbiome","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13137500/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147517153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Animal microbiomePub Date : 2026-03-24DOI: 10.1186/s42523-026-00553-w
Laura E Peirson, Erin A McKenney, Jessica R Patterson, James C Beasley, Stéphanie Périquet-Pearce, Claudine Cloete, Madeline H Melton, Brennan PetersonWood, Rubén Portas, Ortwin Aschenborn, Diana J R Lafferty
{"title":"African carnivore gut bacterial diversity and composition are associated with sample condition but not storage technique.","authors":"Laura E Peirson, Erin A McKenney, Jessica R Patterson, James C Beasley, Stéphanie Périquet-Pearce, Claudine Cloete, Madeline H Melton, Brennan PetersonWood, Rubén Portas, Ortwin Aschenborn, Diana J R Lafferty","doi":"10.1186/s42523-026-00553-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s42523-026-00553-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Non-invasive fecal sampling is essential for molecular wildlife studies such as gut microbiome (GMB) research, yet field conditions often limit preservation options. To test the effects of preservation methods on the results of GMB community composition, we compared gut bacterial communities in paired fecal samples preserved in stabilization tubes and air-dried in paper bags collected from anesthetized African lions (Panthera leo) and spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Additional opportunistic samples from the ground around carnivore feeding sites that varied in moisture content were also analyzed. No differences in alpha or beta diversity were detected between preserved and dried samples, although bacterial beta diversity differed between preserved and opportunistic samples, supported by NMDS ordinations and PERMANOVA results. Core bacterial communities remained consistent across opportunistic sample conditions, indicating that host-associated taxa persist despite environmental exposure supporting the use of opportunistic samples for GMB studies in remote arid settings. However, consistent sampling protocols and future field-based desiccation studies remain critical for comparative analyses. These findings highlight that rapid air-drying offers a reliable, low-cost preservation option that maintains core microbiome patterns, expanding the feasibility of GMB research in remote or resource-limited field contexts where refrigeration and preservatives may be unavailable.</p>","PeriodicalId":72201,"journal":{"name":"Animal microbiome","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13134297/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147517120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Animal microbiomePub Date : 2026-03-23DOI: 10.1186/s42523-026-00546-9
Connie A Rojas, Rebecca Smith, Rebecca Oliver, Guillaume Jospin, Isaac Corral, Holly H Ganz
{"title":"Temporal variability is an inherent feature of the healthy canine microbiome assessed by full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing.","authors":"Connie A Rojas, Rebecca Smith, Rebecca Oliver, Guillaume Jospin, Isaac Corral, Holly H Ganz","doi":"10.1186/s42523-026-00546-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s42523-026-00546-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72201,"journal":{"name":"Animal microbiome","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13069714/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147505561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Animal microbiomePub Date : 2026-03-19DOI: 10.1186/s42523-025-00487-9
D Georgaki, N Canibe, M E van der Heide, L Foldager, C H Poulsen, R Mejldal, D Velayudhan, J V Nørgaard, O Højberg
{"title":"Impact of 1,2-α-L-fucosidase on pig enteric methane production and growth performance.","authors":"D Georgaki, N Canibe, M E van der Heide, L Foldager, C H Poulsen, R Mejldal, D Velayudhan, J V Nørgaard, O Højberg","doi":"10.1186/s42523-025-00487-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s42523-025-00487-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72201,"journal":{"name":"Animal microbiome","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13001275/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147488794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Animal microbiomePub Date : 2026-03-19DOI: 10.1186/s42523-026-00545-w
Angela Russell, Rachele Gore, Jennifer L Wood, Kylie A Robert
{"title":"Characterising the gut microbiome of six Australian marsupials reveals captivity constrains microbiome.","authors":"Angela Russell, Rachele Gore, Jennifer L Wood, Kylie A Robert","doi":"10.1186/s42523-026-00545-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s42523-026-00545-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72201,"journal":{"name":"Animal microbiome","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13123018/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147488782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}