Fecal metagenomes from cow, dog, horse, sheep and swine collected by the Norwegian HUNT One Health project.

This project contains the sequence data of fecal microbiome samples obtained from cow, dog, horse, sheep and swine as part of the HUNT-One Health project in Norway. http://www.huntenhelse.no/. HUNT One Health is based on a parallel collection of stool samples from animals and human participants in HUNT 4 in the period 2017-2019. The HUNT-One Health project is a collaboration between NMBU, the Norwegian Veterinary Institute and NTNU. The project is managed by the Norwegian Veterinary Institute and is a sub-project of the human population health study in Nord-Trøndelag, HUNT. The collection of sample material, including faecal samples, from animals and animal owners in HUNT4 was completed in the spring of 2019. Around 3,000 faecal samples from dogs, cattle, sheep, horses and pigs were received from around 1,700 animal owners who themselves participated in the HUNT 4 survey with their own faecal samples. In terms of production animals, these were cattle, pigs and small cattle, approx. 1000 samples, otherwise there are many dog samples and some from horses. The animal samples were analyzed with modern sequencing technology so that the microorganisms in the samples and their characteristics can be mapped. This sequence data with associated epidemiological data from the animals is available for research projects after a short application process. This is how HUNT One Health wants to contribute to understanding how the microbial community in animals interacts with the microbial community in humans and with the environment. The project's main purpose is to facilitate the development of new knowledge about connections between human and animal health, and how they affect each other. It will contribute to being able to prevent disease and provide good health in both animals and humans. The term One Health expresses that there is a health-related connection between people, animals and the environment.