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In small preliminary study, fearful pet dogs exhibited significantly different microbiomes and metabolic molecules to non-fearful dogs, suggesting the gut-brain axis might be involved in fear behaviors



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Altered microbiome and metabolome profiling in fearful companion dogs: An exploratory study 

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In small preliminary study, fearful pet dogs exhibited significantly different microbiomes and metabolic molecules to non-fearful dogs.

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In small preliminary study, fearful pet dogs exhibited significantly different microbiomes and metabolic molecules to non-fearful dogs, suggesting the gut-brain axis might be involved in fear behaviors

 

 

Article URLhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0315374

Article title: Altered microbiome and metabolome profiling in fearful companion dogs: An exploratory study 

Author countries: Italy

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

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