Global studies of microbial diversity on donkey.

This research showed that the microbial communities in the donkey intestinal tract were rich in diversity and population. Specific genera were significantly enriched in various segments: Lachnospiraceae_UCG-008 and Sphaerochaeta in the duodenum; Christensenellaceae_R-7_group and Bacillus in the jejunum; NK4A214_group and Alloprevotella in the ileum; UCG-005 and Lactobacillus in the cecum; Clostridium_sensu_stricto_1 and Chlamydia in the colon; Rikenellaceae_RC9_gut_group and Prevotellaceae_UCG-004 in the feces (Figure 9). Moreover, PICRUSt2 functional prediction analysis indicated that carbohydrate metabolism, prokaryotic cellular communities, antimicrobial drug resistance, immune diseases, membrane transport, and signal transduction exhibited significant differences among the different intestinal segments, providing a deeper understanding of donkey gut microbes and clarifying the role of the host gut in maintaining body health in donkeys.