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Evaluation of fecal microbial transplant as a treatment method for disruption of the gut microbiota associated with short bowel syndrome in neonates.
DownloadFall 2021
Background Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is the leading cause of intestinal failure (IF), wherein either the function of the intestines is suboptimal, or length has been reduced due to congenital or acquired conditions, such that parenteral nutrition (PN) is required for >6 weeks. The most common...
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Sleep Duration and the Gut Microbiota in Infancy: an exploration of the determinants of sleep and the association between sleep and the gut microbiota at 3 months of age in a Canadian birth cohort
DownloadSpring 2019
RATIONALESleep duration is critical to growth, cognitive development, and overall health status in infancy. Strategies to ensure that national recommendations for sleep duration in infants are met require knowledge of perinatal factors that affect infant sleep. Parental socioeconomic status...
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Stress predisposition to necrotic enteritis caused by Clostridium perfringens in chickens and the administration of a complex microbiota to mitigate disease
DownloadFall 2021
Necrotic enteritis (NE) incited by the bacterium, Clostridium perfringens, is a disease of the small intestine of poultry that imparts a substantive economic cost and was previously controlled through the administration of in feed antibiotics. However, poultry production has entered an era of...