Dietary Shifts May Trigger Dysbiosis and Mucous Stools in Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

…with links to gastrointestinal distress following seasonal changes in bamboo part preference (Williams et al, 2016). (2/n) https://t.co/hcy38QPF0O

We found that normal poop and mucoids had very different microbial communities, and that unlike other studied microbial comm., the diversity of microbes increased during diseased states. https://t.co/RJO2ktQDjs 13/n

But they also can get sick following this change in diet preference, so we looked at that too, with the help of @suenlab & @kdillmcfarland, and found that changes in microbiota are associated with GI distress episodes https://t.co/70oVs0rvCe 4/n

RT @VRValicento: @MommyMei98 Here's a study on it. They used the Memphis Pandas. https://t.co/7QQlOzdBuk