Review article

https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.51.6.10

Maternal microbiome during pregnancy and their impact on the canine microbiome in neonates - a review

Maja Zakošek Pipan ; Veterinarski fakultet Univerzitet u Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenija
Janko Mrkun ; Veterinarski fakultet Univerzitet u Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenija

Abstract

The long-standing hypothesis that the neonatal microbiome is acquired during and after birth has been challenged by recent studies in humans using advanced molecular technologies, which identified bacteria and bacterial DNA and RNA in amniotic fluid, placenta, and meconium. Similar studies have recently been conducted on canine neonates, giving a description of the gut microbiota of newborn puppies and a comparison of different types of parturition on their
development. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of microbiome and microbial alterations in the canine gut, vagina and oral cavity throughout pregnancy, and their effects on the microbiome of the placenta and the meconium in neonatal puppies. We further compare the microbiome knowledge gained in the last decade on human neonates and draw parallels with canine pregnancy and
the neonatal microbiome.

Keywords

neonatology; birth; puppies; microbiota

Hrčak ID:

243854

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/243854

Publication date:

1.10.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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