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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 URL: https://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.

Journal

PLOS One

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0315374

Article Title

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

Article Publication Date

15-Jan-2025

COI Statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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