Profiling the bacteriome of a diet fed in meal or pelleted form, delivered as dry, wet/dry, or liquid feed and its impact on the fecal and intestinal bacteriome of grow-finisher pigs.

ABSTRACT: Research is limited on how feed-associated microbes impact the intestinal bacteriome, growth, and feed efficiency of pigs. The aims of this study were to (1) profile the bacteriome of a meal or pelleted diet, delivered as dry, wet/dry or liquid feed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing; (2) determine its impact on the fecal and intestinal bacteriome of grow-finisher pigs; and (3) investigate if differentially abundant bacterial taxa are correlated with growth parameters of these pigs. The experiment was a 2 x 3 factorial arrangement, with two factors for feed form (meal, pellets) and three factors for feed delivery (dry, liquid, wet/dry). It involved 216 Danavil Duroc × (Large White × Landrace) pigs penned in same-sex pen groups of 6 pigs of similar weight (average ∼33.3 kg). Pen groups were blo

SUBMITTER: Cullen JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12903947 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature