The feline skin microbiota: The bacteria inhabiting the skin of healthy and allergic cats.

Caitlin E OlderAlison DieselAdam P PattersonCourtney Meason-SmithTimothy J JohnsonJoanne MansellJan S SuchodolskiAline Rodrigues Hoffmann

Published in: PloS one (2017)

This study reveals that there are more bacterial species inhabiting the skin of cats than previously thought and provide some evidence of an association between dysbiosis and skin disease.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
wound healing
atopic dermatitis