Influence of management practice on the microbiota of a critically endangered species: a longitudinal study of kākāpō chick faeces and associated nest litter

Influence of management practice on the microbiota of a critically endangered species: a longitudinal study of kākāpō chick faeces and associated nest litter. West, A. G., Digby, A., Lear, G., Digby, A., Armstrong, D., Armstrong-James, D., Bromley, M., Buckley, E., Chatterton, J., Cox, M. P., Cramer, R. A., Crane, J., Dearden, P. K., Eason, D., Fisher, M. C., Gago, S., Gartrell, B., Gemmell, N. J., Glare, T. R., Guhlin, J., Howard, J., Lacap-Bugler, D., Le Lec, M., Lin, X. X., Lofgren, L., Mackay, J., Meis, J., Morelli, K. A., Perrott, J., Petterson, M., Quinones-Mateu, M., Rhodes, J., Roberts, J., Stajich, J., Taylor, M. W., Tebbutt, S. J., Truter-Meyer, A., Uddstrom, L., Urban, L., van Rhijn, N., Vercoe, D., Vesely, E., Weir, B. S., West, A. G., Winter, D. J., Yeung, J., Taylor, M. W., Kākāpō Recovery Team, & Kākāpō Aspergillosis Research Consortium Animal Microbiome, 4(1):55, September, 2022.

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The critically endangered kākāpō is a flightless, nocturnal parrot endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand. Recent efforts to describe the gastrointestinal microbial community of this threatened herbivore revealed a low-diversity microbiota that is often dominated by Escherichia-Shigella bacteria. Given the importance of associated microbial communities to animal health, and increasing appreciation of their potential relevance to threatened species conservation, we sought to better understand the development of this unusual gut microbiota profile. To this end, we conducted a longitudinal analysis of faecal material collected from kākāpō chicks during the 2019 breeding season, in addition to associated nest litter material.

@article{west_influence_2022,
	title = {Influence of management practice on the microbiota of a critically endangered species: a longitudinal study of kākāpō chick faeces and associated nest litter},
	volume = {4},
	issn = {2524-4671},
	shorttitle = {Influence of management practice on the microbiota of a critically endangered species},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-022-00204-w},
	doi = {10.1186/s42523-022-00204-w},
	abstract = {The critically endangered kākāpō is a flightless, nocturnal parrot endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand. Recent efforts to describe the gastrointestinal microbial community of this threatened herbivore revealed a low-diversity microbiota that is often dominated by Escherichia-Shigella bacteria. Given the importance of associated microbial communities to animal health, and increasing appreciation of their potential relevance to threatened species conservation, we sought to better understand the development of this unusual gut microbiota profile. To this end, we conducted a longitudinal analysis of faecal material collected from kākāpō chicks during the 2019 breeding season, in addition to associated nest litter material.},
	number = {1},
	urldate = {2022-10-04},
	journal = {Animal Microbiome},
	author = {West, Annie G. and Digby, Andrew and Lear, Gavin and Digby, Andrew and Armstrong, Doug and Armstrong-James, Darius and Bromley, Mike and Buckley, Elizabeth and Chatterton, James and Cox, Murray P. and Cramer, Robert A. and Crane, Jodie and Dearden, Peter K. and Eason, Daryl and Fisher, Matthew C. and Gago, Sara and Gartrell, Brett and Gemmell, Neil J. and Glare, Travis R. and Guhlin, Joseph and Howard, Jason and Lacap-Bugler, Donnabella and Le Lec, Marissa and Lin, Xiao Xiao and Lofgren, Lotus and Mackay, John and Meis, Jacques and Morelli, Kaesi A. and Perrott, John and Petterson, Megan and Quinones-Mateu, Miguel and Rhodes, Johanna and Roberts, Joanna and Stajich, Jason and Taylor, Michael W. and Tebbutt, Scott J. and Truter-Meyer, Amber and Uddstrom, Lydia and Urban, Lara and van Rhijn, Norman and Vercoe, Deidre and Vesely, Elisa and Weir, Bevan S. and West, Annie G. and Winter, David J. and Yeung, Juliana and Taylor, Michael W. and {Kākāpō Recovery Team} and {Kākāpō Aspergillosis Research Consortium}},
	month = sep,
	year = {2022},
	keywords = {Avian, Bird, Conservation, Experimental, Microbiome, Microbiota, Threatened},
	pages = {55},
}

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