Possibilities and limits for using the gut microbiome to improve captive animal health

J Diaz, AT Reese - Animal microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Because of its potential to modulate host health, the gut microbiome of captive animals has
become an increasingly important area of research. In this paper, we review the current …

Physiological differences between wild and captive animals: a century-old dilemma

AJ Turko, BL Firth, PM Craig… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Laboratory-based research dominates the fields of comparative physiology and
biomechanics. The power of lab work has long been recognized by experimental biologists …

Diversity and compositional changes in the gut microbiota of wild and captive vertebrates: a meta-analysis

A Alberdi, G Martin Bideguren, O Aizpurua - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The gut microbiota is recognised as an essential asset for the normal functioning of animal
biology. When wild animals are moved into captivity, the modified environmental pressures …

Longitudinal gut microbiome dynamics in relation to age and senescence in a wild animal population

SF Worsley, CS Davies, CZ Lee… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In humans, gut microbiome (GM) differences are often correlated with, and sometimes
causally implicated in, ageing. However, it is unclear how these findings translate in wild …

Exploring microbial diversity and biosynthetic potential in zoo and wildlife animal microbiomes

GP Schmartz, J Rehner, MJ Schuff, LAG Molano… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding human, animal, and environmental microbiota is essential for advancing
global health and combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR). We investigate the oral and gut …

Gut microbiome composition associated with Plasmodium infection in the Eurasian tree sparrow

SD Rohrer, BQ Robertson, LM Chubiz… - Journal of Avian …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent expansion of microbiome research has uncovered connections between resident
microbial communities and blood parasite risk, establishing the potential for microbial …

Alteration of gut microbiota in wild-borne long-tailed macaques after 1-year being housed in hygienic captivity

V Sawaswong, P Chanchaem, T Kemthong, S Warit… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The wild-born long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) were recently recruited and used
as breeders for the National Primate Research Center of Thailand, Chulalongkorn University …

Effects of habitat river microbiome on the symbiotic microbiota and multi-organ gene expression of captive-bred Chinese giant salamander

W Zhu, C Zhao, J Feng, J Chang, W Zhu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The reintroduction of captive-bred individuals is a primary approach to rebuild the wild
populations of the Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus), the largest extant …

Midgut bacterial microbiota of 12 fish species from a marine protected area in the Aegean Sea (Greece)

K Kormas, E Nikouli, V Kousteni, D Damalas - Microbial Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Fish microbiome science is progressing fast, but it is biased toward farmed or laboratory fish
species against natural fish populations, which remain considerably underinvestigated. We …

16S rRNA gene-based microbiota profiles from diverse avian faeces are largely independent of DNA preservation and extraction method

J Edwards, C Hoffbeck, AG West, A Pas… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The avian gut microbiota has been the subject of considerable recent attention, with
potential implications for diverse fields such as the poultry industry, microbial ecology, and …