The effect of feeding Bt MON810 maize to pigs for 110 days on intestinal microbiota.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effects of feeding Bt MON810 maize to pigs for 110 days on the intestinal microbiota.

Methodology/principal findings

Forty male pigs (∼40 days old) were blocked by weight and litter ancestry and assigned to one of four treatments; 1) Isogenic maize-based diet for 110 days (Isogenic); 2) Bt maize-based diet (MON810) for 110 days (Bt); 3) Isogenic maize-based diet for 30 days followed by a Bt maize-based diet for 80 days (Isogenic/Bt); 4) Bt maize-based diet for 30 days followed by an isogenic maize-based diet for 80 days (Bt/Isogenic). Enterobacteriaceae, Lactobacillus and total anaerobes were enumerated in the feces using culture-based methods on days 0, 30, 60 and 100 of the study and in ileal and cecal digesta on day 110. No differences were found b

SUBMITTER: Buzoianu SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3344822 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature