Fig. 1

Schematic of experimental design and sampling overview. I) Non-SCI control group (n=9); these animals received no intervention over the course of 3-7weeks; II) Antibiotic group (n=3); these animals received oral Enrofloxacin treatment orally at 10mg/kg per day for 5 days; III) Diet group (n=3); these animals consumed the standard post-surgical diet for 5 days which consisted of 150g Mazuri youth pellets and 250g of Pedigree wet food before returning to their normal control diet (NCD) after 5 days; IV) SCI group (n=8) These animals underwent contusion/compression SCI surgery along with IV Enrofloxacin (5mg/kg) and the standard post-surgical diet. Each point refers to a fecal sample collected from a given animal. Timeline represents weeks relative to treatment