An Oligosaccharide Rich Diet Increases Akkermansia spp. Bacteria in the Equine Microbiota.

ABSTRACT: Some oligosaccharides induce growth of anti-inflammatory bacterial species and induce regulatory immunity in humans as well as animals. We have shown that the equine gut microbiota and the immune-microbial homeostasis largely stabilize within the first 50 days of life. Furthermore, we have previously established that certain bacterial species in the equine gut correlated with regulatory immunity. Accordingly, we hypothesized that an oligosaccharide rich diet fed to foals during the first 50 days would increase the abundance of bacterial species associated with regulatory immunity, and that this would influence immune responses in the foals. Eight pregnant mares and their foals were fed an oligosaccharide rich diet from 4 weeks before expected parturition until 49 days post-partum. Six mare

SUBMITTER: Lindenberg FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8176217 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature