Femundlopet gut microbiota

Although the role of the gut microbiota in different diseases is beginning to be understood, our knowledge regarding how the gut microbiota affect performance in healthy individuals is still limited. We hypothesize that the gut microbiota could be associated with sled dog endurance race performance. We investigated the gut microbiota by 16S rRNA gene sequencing of the microbiota of sled dogs participating in The Femund Race (400 km) in Norway, and explored associations between the microbiota composition and level of dysbiosis with race performance.