Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026In sickness and in health: profiling the bovine fecal eukaryome using optimized 18S metabarcoding with a mammal-blocking primerIqra Zafar · Riku Sakurai · Yasuhiro Fukuda · Megumi Itoh · Atsushi Fujikura · Akira Goto · Kazuhiro Bandai · Kentaro KatoFrontiers in Veterinary Sciencedoi 10.3389/fvets.2026.1948426