Fecal prevalence of Clostridium innocuum DNA in healthy horses and horses with colitis

Luiza S Zakia; Jennifer L MacNicol; Alexandre S Borges; Serena Yu; Patrick Boerlin; Diego E Gomez; Michael G Surette; Luis G Arroyo

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2022.102681

Fecal prevalence of Clostridium innocuum DNA in healthy horses and horses with colitis

Anaerobe. 2023 Feb:79:102681. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2022.102681. Epub 2022 Dec 5.

Authors

Luiza S Zakia¹, Jennifer L MacNicol², Alexandre S Borges³, Serena Yu⁴, Patrick Boerlin⁵, Diego E Gomez⁶, Michael G Surette⁷, Luis G Arroyo⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada. Electronic address: lstachew@uoguelph.ca.
² Department of Animal Bioscience, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada. Electronic address: jmacnico@uoguelph.ca.
³ São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Walter Mauricio Correa Street, No Number, Botucatu, Sao Paulo, 18618-681, Brazil. Electronic address: alexandre.s.borges@unesp.br.
⁴ Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada. Electronic address: syu11@uoguelph.ca.
⁵ Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada. Electronic address: pboerlin@uoguelph.ca.
⁶ Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada. Electronic address: dgomezni@uoguelph.ca.
⁷ Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada. Electronic address: surette@mcmaster.ca.
⁸ Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada. Electronic address: larroyo@uoguelph.ca.

PMID: 36481352
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2022.102681

Abstract

This study compared the prevalence of C. innocuum DNA in the feces of healthy horses and horses with acute colitis. C. innocuum was identified in 22% (15/68) of colitis cases and 18% (12/68) of healthy horses (p = 0.416).

Keywords: Bacteria; Diarrhea; Equine; PCR.

MeSH terms

Animals
Clostridium*
Colitis* / epidemiology
Colitis* / veterinary
Feces
Horses
Prevalence

Supplementary concepts

Clostridium innocuum