Dietary Amylose/Amylopectin Ratio Modulates Cecal Microbiota and Metabolites in Weaned Goats.

ABSTRACT: Increasing the ratio of amylose in the diet can increase the quantity of starch that flows to the large intestine for microbial fermentation. This leads to the alteration of microbiota and metabolite of the hindgut, where the underlying mechanism is not clearly understood. The present study used a combination of 16S amplicon sequencing technology and metabolomics technique to reveal the effects of increasing ratios of amylose/amylopectin on cecal mucosa- and digesta-associated microbiota and their metabolites in young goats. Twenty-seven Xiangdong black female goats with average body weights (9.00 ± 1.12 kg) were used in this study. The goats were randomly allocated to one of the three diets containing starch with 0% amylose corn (T1), 50% high amylose corn (T2), and 100% high amylose corn

SUBMITTER: Gebeyew K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8697430 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature