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Early diagnosis can improve outcome but is complicated by non\u2010specific clinical signs and delayed confirmation of infection via blood culture. Molecular assays represent a rapid and more sensitive alternative.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To evaluate and compare bacterial load and composition in blood and blood culture media (BCM) of sick and healthy foals using molecular assays and to compare results with traditional bacterial culture.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Study Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cross\u2010sectional observational clinical study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Thirteen septic foals, 10 sick non\u2010septic and 8 healthy foals were included. Bacterial load and composition from whole blood (WB), pre\u2010enriched BCM and contamination controls were analysed by quantitative PCR and sequencing of the universal bacterial 16S rRNA marker gene.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      WB sequencing yielded more positive samples (25\/31) than BCM (6\/62;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.01). Positive blood culture and WB sequencing were comparable in only 3\/12 foals. Sequencing samples were at high potential for contamination, with most samples having high relative abundances (RAs) of\n                      <jats:italic>Paucibacter<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Ralstonia<\/jats:italic>\n                      . High RAs of\n                      <jats:italic>Actinobacillus<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Staphylococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                      in septic foals may, however, suggest true pathogen detection. No significant differences in bacterial RAs, 16S rRNA gene load (qPCR), or other sequencing\u2010based metrics were found between foal groups and between WB and contamination controls.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Limitations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Inherent inaccuracies of classification schemes for septic and sick non\u2010septic foals and the impact of contamination when sequencing low biomass samples.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>High\u2010throughput sequencing represents a possible avenue for the diagnosis of bacteraemia in foals but has high potential for environmental and extraction\u2010related contamination and cannot replace blood culture at this time. Further research to optimise detection yield and sensitivity on WB samples is warranted.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/evj.70222","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,1]],"date-time":"2026-07-01T13:54:41Z","timestamp":1782914081000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Diagnosis of bacteraemia in neonatal foals using\n                    <scp>16S rRNA<\/scp>\n                    high\u2010throughput sequencing"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-0358-0698","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Flavie","family":"Payette","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine  Kennett Square Pennsylvania 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