Altered microbiome and metabolome profiling in fearful companion dogs: An exploratory study/Experiment 1

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Curated date: 2025/02/15

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Subjects

Location of subjects
Italy
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Canis lupus familiaris
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Feces Cow dung,Cow pat,Droppings,Dung,Excrement,Excreta,Faeces,Fecal material,Fecal matter,Fewmet,Frass,Guano,Matières fécales@fr,Merde@fr,Ordure,Partie de la merde@fr,Piece of shit,Porción de mierda@es,Portion of dung,Portion of excrement,Portion of faeces,Portion of fecal material,Portion of fecal matter,Portion of feces,Portion of guano,Portion of scat,Portionem cacas,Scat,Spoor,Spraint,Stool,Teil der fäkalien@de,Feces,feces
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Mental or behavioural disorder Behavior Disorder,Brief Reactive Psychoses,Brief Reactive Psychosis,disease of mental health,disorder of mental process,Disorder, Psychotic,Disorders, Psychotic,Mental Disorder,mental disorder,mental disorders,mental or behavioral disorder,mental or behavioural disorder,mental process disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychoses,Psychoses, Brief Reactive,Psychosis, Brief Reactive,PSYCHOTIC DIS,Psychotic Disorder,Psychotic Disorders,Reactive Psychoses, Brief,Reactive Psychosis, Brief,Mental or behavioural disorder
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Healthy Control
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Fearful Dogs
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Dogs exhibiting generalized fear, assessed through behavioral tests and owner-reported questionnaries.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
8
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
8
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
1 month

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V4-V6
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
relative abundances
Statistical test
edgeR
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
Yes

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
unchanged
Richness Number of species
unchanged

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2025/02/22

Curator: Akritishakya

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Source: Figure 3

Description: Significantly different taxa identified between case and control groups by EdgeR analysis

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Fearful Dogs

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Coprobacillaceae
Peptostreptococcales TissierellalesPeptostreptococcales Tissierellales

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Signature 2

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Curated date: 2025/03/07

Curator: Fiddyhamma

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Source: Figure 3

Description: Significantly different taxa identified between case and control groups by EdgeR analysis

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Fearful Dogs

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Gammaproteobacteria
Dorea

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