fecal microbiota compositions of young and senior canines.

The gut is responsible for a major portion of animal health. However, limited number of culturomic and metagenomic studies have deciphered the microbiome of companion animals. As mentioned previously, companion animals would be an even better animal model for studying the human microbiome than pigs or mice because they not only share very similar habitat conditions with humans but also have a more similar gut microbiome. Nevertheless, the low number of research restricts the development and implementation of probiotics for companion animals with varying applications