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Temporal Microbial Dynamics in Feces Discriminate by Nutrition, Fecal Color, Consistency and Sample Type in Suckling and Newly Weaned Piglets
| Title: | Temporal Microbial Dynamics in Feces Discriminate by Nutrition, Fecal Color, Consistency and Sample Type in Suckling and Newly Weaned Piglets |
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| Authors: | Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli, Frederike Lerch, Fitra Yosi, Julia Vötterl, Juliane Ehmig, Simone Koger, Doris Verhovsek |
| Source: | Animals, Vol 13, Iss 14, p 2251 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | MDPI AG, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Veterinary medicine LCC:Zoology |
| Subject Terms: | microbial colonization, fecal color, fecal consistency, fecal swab, sow milk, creep feed, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100, Zoology, QL1-991 |
| More Details: | Feces enable frequent samplings for the same animal, which is valuable in studies investigating the development of the gut microbiome in piglets. Creep feed should prepare the piglet’s gut for the postweaning period and shape the microbiome accordingly. Little is known about the variation that is caused by differences in fecal color and consistency and different sample types (feces versus swab samples). Therefore, this study evaluated the age-related alterations in the microbiome composition (16S rRNA gene) in feces of suckling and newly weaned piglets in the context of nutrition and fecal consistency, color and sample type from day 2 to 34 of life. Feces from 40 healthy piglets (2 each from 20 litters) were collected on days 2, 6, 13, 20, 27, 30 and 34. Weaning occurred on day 28. Half of the litters only drank sow milk during the suckling phase, whereas the other half had access to creep feed from day 10. Creep feeding during the suckling phase influenced the age-related total bacterial and archaeal abundances but had less of an influence on the relative bacterial composition. Results further showed different taxonomic compositions in feces of different consistency, color and sample type, emphasizing the need to consider these characteristics in comprehensive microbiome studies. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2076-2615 |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/14/2251; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ani13142251 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/beb8126c21cb4f11985ec0730a6c3243 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.beb8126c21cb4f11985ec0730a6c3243 |
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| ISSN: | 20762615 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/ani13142251 |
| Published in: | Animals |
| Language: | English |