The Microbial Ecology of Liver Abscesses in Cattle. Academic Article

abstract

• Emerging evidence regarding the microbiome of liver abscesses (LAs) and the gastrointestinal tract of cattle suggests that a reexamination of the etiopathogenesis of LAs is warranted. Microbiome studies using 16S rRNA gene sequencing have demonstrated that LAs are highly polymicrobial, and hundreds of bacterial taxa are typically found in these lesions at slaughter. Fusobacteria and Bacteroidetes are equally dominant phyla within LAs, followed by Proteobacteria. The gut-liver axis (ie, bidirectional crosstalk between the gut and liver) is linked with a variety of liver diseases in humans, and investigation of host-microbiome interactions in cattle may lead to improved methods of prevention.

authors

• Morley, Paul

published proceedings

• Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract

altmetric score

• 0.25

author list (cited authors)

• Pinnell, L. J., & Morley, P. S.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Pinnell, Lee J||Morley, Paul S

publication date

• November 2022

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Bacteroidetes
• Bovine
• Cattle
• Cattle Diseases
• Hepatic
• Humans
• Liver
• Liver Abscess
• Microbial Ecology
• Microbiome
• Microbiota
• Proteobacteria
• RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

PubMed Central ID

• 36243459

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cvfa.2022.08.004

start page

• 367

end page

• 381

volume

• 38

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cvfa.2022.08.004