Machine Learning and Canine Chronic Enteropathies : A New Approach to Investigate FMT Effects

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) represents a very promising approach to decreasing disease activity in canine chronic enteropathies (CE). However, the relationship between remission mechanisms and microbiome changes has not been elucidated yet. The main objective of this study was to report the clinical effects of oral freeze-dried FMT in CE dogs, comparing the fecal microbiomes of three groups: pre-FMT CE-affected dogs, post-FMT dogs, and healthy dogs. Diversity analysis, differential abundance analysis, and machine learning algorithms were applied to investigate the differences in microbiome composition between healthy and pre-FMT samples, while Canine Chronic Enteropathy Clinical Activity Index (CCECAI) changes and microbial diversity metrics were used to evaluate FMT effects. In the healthy/pre-FMT comparison, significant differences were noted in alpha and beta diversity and a list of differentially abundant taxa was identified, while machine learning algorithms predicted sample categories with 0.97 (random forest) and 0.87 (sPLS-DA) accuracy. Clinical signs of improvement were observed in 74% (20/27) of CE-affected dogs, together with a statistically significant decrease in CCECAI (median value from 5 to 2 median). Alpha and beta diversity variations between pre- and post-FMT were observed for each receiver, with a high heterogeneity in the response. This highlighted the necessity for further research on a larger dataset that could identify different healing patterns of microbiome changes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Veterinary sciences - 9(2022), 9 vom: 13. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Innocente, Giada [VerfasserIn]
Patuzzi, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Furlanello, Tommaso [VerfasserIn]
Di Camillo, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Bargelloni, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Giron, Maria Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Facchin, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Savarino, Edoardo [VerfasserIn]
Azzolin, Mirko [VerfasserIn]
Simionati, Barbara [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Canine chronic enteropathy
Chronic diarrhea
Dysbiosis
Fecal microbiota transplantation
Journal Article
Machine learning
Microbiome

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Date Revised 28.09.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/vetsci9090502

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34653111X