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In the present study, 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing was used to characterize the microbial changes in the jejunal and cecal segments of Landes geese following Eimeria stigmosa infection. At 2.5 days post-infection (dpi), the jejunum of infected geese was dominated by Bacillota, Pseudomonadota and Bacteroidota, whereas controls were dominated by Bacillota and Actinomycetota. At 4.5 dpi, the jejunum of infected geese showed increased Bacillota compared to controls. In the cecum, both groups shared similar phylum-level dominance of Bacillota and Bacteroidota. At 2.5 and 4.5 dpi, the jejunal microbiota of infected geese was primarily dominated by the genus Ligilactobacillus. \u03b1-diversity analysis revealed a significant reduction in the Shannon and Pielou\u2019s evenness indices only in the jejunum of infected geese at 4.5 dpi. Beta-diversity analysis showed significant differences between the infected and control groups at 2.5 dpi based on weighted UniFrac distances. LEfSe analysis revealed that the genus Pseudomonas were significantly enriched in the jejunum of infected geese at 2.5 dpi, while the genera Massiliomicrobiota and Shuttleworthia were significantly enriched in the cecum of infected geese at 4.5 dpi. 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