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Remodelling of the healthy foal’s conjunctival microbiome in the first two months of life Cover

Remodelling of the healthy foal’s conjunctival microbiome in the first two months of life

Journal of Veterinary Research
Volume 69 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)
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|Jan 2025

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Prevalent bacterial families in foals’ conjunctival microbiota identified in individual animals. 1–6 – individual foals; I – first sampling time point (within 12 h of birth); II – second sampling time point (after the first month of life); III – third sampling time point (after the second month of life)
Prevalent bacterial families in foals’ conjunctival microbiota identified in individual animals. 1–6 – individual foals; I – first sampling time point (within 12 h of birth); II – second sampling time point (after the first month of life); III – third sampling time point (after the second month of life)

Fig. 2.

Prevalent bacterial genera in foals’ conjunctival microbiota identified in individual animals. 1–6 – individual foals; I – first sampling time point (within 12 h of birth); II – second sampling time point (after the first month of life); III – third sampling time point (after the second month of life)
Prevalent bacterial genera in foals’ conjunctival microbiota identified in individual animals. 1–6 – individual foals; I – first sampling time point (within 12 h of birth); II – second sampling time point (after the first month of life); III – third sampling time point (after the second month of life)

Fig. 3.

Box plots presenting Shannon and Simpson indices at the order level. The red line represents the median for all six foals
Box plots presenting Shannon and Simpson indices at the order level. The red line represents the median for all six foals

Fig. 4.

Box plots presenting Shannon and Simpson indices at the family level. The red line represents the median for all six foals
Box plots presenting Shannon and Simpson indices at the family level. The red line represents the median for all six foals

Fig. 5.

Box plots presenting Shannon and Simpson indices at the genus level. The red line represents the median for all six foals
Box plots presenting Shannon and Simpson indices at the genus level. The red line represents the median for all six foals

Fig. 6.

Principal component analysis of the Bray–Curtis distance table on the species level
Principal component analysis of the Bray–Curtis distance table on the species level

P-values of the t-tests applied to compare Shannon and Simpson indices at different time points at the family taxonomic level

I vs. III vs. IIIII vs. III
Shannon index0.0074*0.36320.0998
Simpson index0.0024*0.38660.0459*

P-values of the t-tests applied to compare Shannon and Simpson indices at different time points at the order taxonomic level

I vs. III vs. IIIII vs. III
Shannon index0.0048*0.36160.0863
Simpson index0.0058*0.46070.0369*

P-values of the t-tests applied to compare Shannon and Simpson indices at different time points at the genus taxonomic level

I vs. III vs. IIIII vs. III
Shannon index0.0073*0.39680.0907
Simpson index0.0016*0.35570.0703
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2025-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2450-8608
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Language: English
Page range: 131 - 140
Submitted on: May 29, 2024
Accepted on: Jan 20, 2025
Published on: Jan 31, 2025
Published by: National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
microbiota,
ocular surface,
horses,
foals,
NGS
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Molecular biology,
Microbiology and virology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine

© 2025 Katarzyna Płoneczka-Janeczko, Eve Armstrong, Marta Siemieniuch-Tartanus, Marcin Magdziarz, published by National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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