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Table 5 Information of the dogs that had undergone surgery prior to sampling

From: Individual signatures and environmental factors shape skin microbiota in healthy dogs

Individual

Surgery date

Surgery type

Medicines

From

To

Sites w. reduced α-diversity a

Dog 14

2016/04/08

Spay

Amoxicillin (antibiotic) + Previcox (anti-inflammatory)

2016/04/08

2016/04/13

Chin and abdomen

Dog 15

2016/04/18

Spay

Amoxicillin (antibiotic) + Previcox (anti-inflammatory)

2016/04/18

2016/04/23

Chin, axilla, abdomen, and ID region

Dog 16

2016/03/30

GI obstruction

Pepcid AC (antihistamine) + Tramadol (analgesic)

2016/04/01

2016/04/06

Chin, axilla, abdomen, ID region, and perianal area

Dog 17

2016/04/12

Spay

Previcox (anti-inflammatory)

2016/04/12

2016/04/16

Chin, axilla, abdomen, and perianal

Dog 20

2016/01/05

Spay

Rimadyl (anti-inflammatory)

2016/01/05

2016/01/10

None

  1. aReduced alpha diversity values include those ones that are half or less than the median alpha diversity of that specific skin site of the non-surgery dogs (Additional file 4C)