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Fecal microbiota profiles of growing pigs and their relation to growth performance.
| Title: | Fecal microbiota profiles of growing pigs and their relation to growth performance. |
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| Authors: | Emilia König, Shea Beasley, Paulina Heponiemi, Sanni Kivinen, Jaakko Räkköläinen, Seppo Salminen, Maria Carmen Collado, Tuomas Borman, Leo Lahti, Virpi Piirainen, Anna Valros, Mari Heinonen |
| Source: | PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 5, p e0302724 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine, Science |
| More Details: | The early gut microbiota composition is fundamentally important for piglet health, affecting long-term microbiome development and immunity. In this study, the gut microbiota of postparturient dams was compared with that of their offspring in three Finnish pig farms at three growth phases. The differences in fecal microbiota of three study development groups (Good, Poorly, and PrematureDeath) were analyzed at birth (initial exposure phase), weaning (transitional phase), and before slaughter (stable phase). Dam Lactobacillaceae abundance was lower than in piglets at birth. Limosilactobacillus reuteri and Lactobacillus amylovorus were dominantly expressed in dams and their offspring. Altogether 17 piglets (68%) were identified with Lactobacillaceae at the initial exposure phase, divided unevenly among the development groups: 85% of Good, 37.5% of Poorly, and 75% of PrematureDeath pigs. The development group Good was identified with the highest microbial diversity, whereas the development group PrematureDeath had the lowest diversity. After weaning, the abundance and versatility of Lactobacillaceae in piglets diminished, shifting towards the microbiome of the dam. In conclusion, the fecal microbiota of pigs tends to develop towards a similar alpha and beta diversity despite development group and rearing environment. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Relation: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0302724&type=printable; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0302724&type=printable |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0302724 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/6393f77b768142cf92c3426979834559 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.6393f77b768142cf92c3426979834559 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| ISSN: | 19326203 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0302724&type=printable |
| Published in: | PLoS ONE |
| Language: | English |