Project

The effect of different types of exercise on fecal microbiome, fecal metabolome and metabolic fingerprint of skeletal muscle in the equine athlete.

Code
01N05017
Duration
01 January 2017 → 31 October 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Physical chemistry
    • Animal biology
    • Biochemistry and metabolism
    • General biology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
  • Engineering and technology
    • Biomaterials engineering
    • Biological system engineering
    • Biomaterials engineering
    • Biomechanical engineering
    • Other (bio)medical engineering
    • Environmental engineering and biotechnology
    • Industrial biotechnology
    • Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Veterinary medicine
    • Other veterinary sciences
    • Other agricultural and food sciences
Keywords
equine athletes exercise
 
Project description

Exercise training effects on gut microbiome and on muscle metabolic status play a pivotal role in performance management in equine athletes. In the current research proposal the differential effect of training types on the equine microbiome and muscle metabolomic profile is studied using 16S rRNA high throughput sequencing of the microbiome and muscle and fecal metabolomic fingerprinting as broad exploration techniques