In depth microbiome water testing for Hewbie!

[AydenLincoln]

So in case anyone was wondering how Hewbie is still doing he is still losing weight but is eating so the question remains what is causing him to be in a continued deficit state? I decided to send his water out for shotgun metagenomic sequencing and targeted 16S/ITS/18S testing. What is this you may ask? It is deep analysis of the water to identify all the species of bacteria, algae, fungi, and viruses and put together a picture of what is in his microbiome as a whole. It is run through scientific instruments, raw data is pulled out, and then a scientist interprets the data and puts it into an easily readable format that I the average person can understand and comprehend. How will this help me? From there I can see what bacteria and other organisms are in the water, how much, and narrow it down to what could be causing illness and go back to his vet. I still need to send a stool sample out again for bacterial culture but I have yet to catch him popping in front of me after where I could collect it. What company am I using Zymo Research a large biotechnology firm able to support a wide range of studies and testing. They offered a $350 code and it turned out to be the cost of around two ICP-OES tests which I did and it did not reveal anything extraordinary or unusual.
For anyone interested you can see more here! https://www.zymoresearch.com/

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