Tracing of the fecal microbiota of commercial pigs at five growth stages from birth to shipment.

ABSTRACT: The intestinal microbiota affect various physiological traits of host animals such as brain development, obesity, age, and the immune system. In the swine industry, understanding the relationship between intestinal microbiota and growth stage is essential because growth stage is directly related to the feeding system of pigs, thus we studied the intestinal microbiota of 32 healthy pigs across five sows at 10, 21, 63, 93, and 147 d of ages. The intestinal microbiota were altered with growth of pigs and were separated into three distinct clusters. The relative abundance of several phyla and genera were significantly different between growth stages. We observed co-occurrence pattern of the intestinal microbiota at each growth stage. In addition, we predicted the functions of the intestinal mi

SUBMITTER: Han GG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5902624 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature