Exogenous Fecal Microbiota Transplantation from Local Adult Pigs to Crossbred Newborn Piglets.

ABSTRACT: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of exogenous fecal microbiota transplantation on gut bacterial community structure, gut barrier and growth performance in recipient piglets. Twelve litters of Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire piglets of the same birth and parity were weighed and divided into two groups. One group (recipient piglets) was inoculated orally with fecal microbiota suspension of healthy adult Jinhua pigs daily from day 1 to day 11. The other (control) was given orally the same volume of sterile physiological saline at the same time. The experiment lasted 27 days. The results showed that the relative abundance of Firmicutes, Prevotellaceae, Lachnospiraceae, Ruminococcus, Prevotella, and Oscillospira in the colon of recipient piglets was increased. Pr

SUBMITTER: Hu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5767267 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature