Identification of intestinal and fecal microbial biomarkers using a porcine social stress model.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the relationships between social stress and the gastrointestinal microbiota, and how they influence host health and performance is expected to have many scientific and commercial implementations in different species, including identification and improvement of challenges to animal welfare and health. In particular, the study of the stress impact on the gastrointestinal microbiota of pigs may be of interest as a model for human health. A porcine stress model based on repeated regrouping and reduced space allowance during the last 4 weeks of the finishing period was developed to identify stress-induced changes in the gut microbiome composition. The application of the porcine stress model resulted in a significant increase in salivary cortisol concentration over the course of th

SUBMITTER: Nguyen TQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10670831 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature