Acute changes in the colonic microbiota are associated with large intestinal forms of surgical colic.

The data and codes are from a study aimed at investigating changes in gut microbiota associated with large colon disease in horses. The study collected and compared faecal samples from surgical colic horses and horses admitted to the hospital for treatment of orthopaedic disease over a 3 months period.

本数据集及相关代码源自一项旨在探究马匹大肠疾病相关肠道微生物群（gut microbiota）变化的研究。该研究于三个月的时间范围内，收集并对比了外科马疝痛患马与因骨科疾病入院治疗马匹的粪便样本。