Isolated Rearing at Lactation Increases Gut Microbial Diversity and Post-weaning Performance in Pigs

Isolated Rearing at Lactation Increases Gut Microbial Diversity and Post-weaning Performance in Pigs

Environment and diet are two major factors affecting the human gut microbiome. In this study, we used a pig model to determine the impact of these two factors during lactation on the gut microbiome, immune system, and growth performance. We assigned 80 4-day-old pigs from 20 sows to two rearing stra...

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Main Authors: Tsungcheng Tsai, Marites A. Sales, Haejin Kim, Gisela F. Erf, Nguyen Vo, Franck Carbonero, Marie van der Merwe, Elizabeth B. Kegley, Randy Buddington, Xiaofan Wang, Charles V. Maxwell, Jiangchao Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
isolated rearing
neonatal pigs
swine gut microbiome
growth performance
adaptive immune cells
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02889/full

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