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Table 2 Prevalence and relative abundance of bacterial genera in dog and cat faecal selected according to criteria (Ozyme samples, at T = 0, Core and Middle samples)

From: Validation of method for faecal sampling in cats and dogs for faecal microbiome analysis

Genus

Animal species

Prevalence (%)

Mean relative abundance (%) (SD)

Bacteroides

Cat

100.0

7.8 (6.12)

Dog

100.0

14.7 (12.7)

Bifidobacteria

Cat

88.3

1.7 (3.3)

Dog

35.8

< 0.1

Blautia

Cat

100.0

3.6 (3.0)

Dog

100.0

2.6 (4.05)

Collinsella

Cat

100.0

4.0 (7.1)

Dog

100.0

3.2 (3.5)

Escherichia

Cat

7.0

< 0.1

Dog

76.1

5.4 (11.3)

Megasphaera

Cat

100.0

3.6 (4.2)

Dog

0.0

0.0

Prevotella

Cat

100.0

66.7 (17.3)

Dog

100.0

49.0 (28.4)

Proteobacteria

Cat

0.0

0.0

Dog

38.8

7.1 (12.1)

Streptococcus

Cat

2.3

< 0.1

Dog

49.2

3.6 (7.5)

  1. Top five most abundant genera for each species shown, based on faecal samples from ten healthy cats and ten healthy dogs