Implications of Tributyrin on Gut Microbiota Shifts Related to Performances of Weaning Piglets.

ABSTRACT: Alternatives to antibiotic treatments are required owing to the ban on the use of these drugs as growth promoters in food animal production. Tributyrin appears to play a role in improving growth performance in pigs, albeit with varying degrees of effectiveness. So far, very little is known about its effects on gut microbiota composition. In this study, we investigated the gut microbiota changes of piglets receiving, at weaning, 0.2% tributyrin added to their basal diet. Microbiota composition was assessed through 16S-rRNA gene sequencing on stools collected from tributyrin and control groups. The functional profiles of microbial communities were predicted from amplicon abundance data. A comparison between dietary groups revealed that tributyrin strongly modulated gut microbiota composition

SUBMITTER: Miragoli F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8001585 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature