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The Maturing Development of Gut Microbiota in Commercial Piglets during the Weaning Transition
Early weaned piglets are vulnerable to diarrhea because of weaning stress and immaturity of intestinal tract. Compelling evidence suggests that gut microbiota is vital to host health. However, it is not well understood on the composition and succession of piglet gut microbiota during the weaning tra...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5591375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28928724 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01688 |
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author | Chen, Limei Xu, Yuesong Chen, Xiaoyu Fang, Chao Zhao, Liping Chen, Feng |
author_facet | Chen, Limei Xu, Yuesong Chen, Xiaoyu Fang, Chao Zhao, Liping Chen, Feng |
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description | Early weaned piglets are vulnerable to diarrhea because of weaning stress and immaturity of intestinal tract. Compelling evidence suggests that gut microbiota is vital to host health. However, it is not well understood on the composition and succession of piglet gut microbiota during the weaning transition. In our two trials, total 17 commercial piglets were studied in a pig farm in Jiangxi Province, China. Fresh feces were collected for four times (10 days before weaned, weaned day, 10 days after weaned, 21 days after weaned) by rectal massage. Fecal bacterial composition was assessed by 16S rRNA gene V3–V4 regions sequencing by Illumina Miseq platform. The results showed that the gut microbiota of piglets shifted quickly after weaned and reached relatively stable level in 10 days after weaned. The alpha diversity increased significantly with the age of piglets. The microbiota of suckling piglets was mainly represented by Fusobacterium, Lactobacillus, Bacteroides, Escherichia/Shigella, and Megasphaera. This pattern contrasted with that of Clostridium sensu stricto, Roseburia, Paraprevotella, Clostridium XIVa, and Blautia, which were major representative genera after weaned. In summary, we delineated the development of piglet gut microbiota during the weaning transition. This study helps us understand the maturing development of gut microbiota in commercial piglets. |
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spelling | pubmed-55913752017-09-19 The Maturing Development of Gut Microbiota in Commercial Piglets during the Weaning Transition Chen, Limei Xu, Yuesong Chen, Xiaoyu Fang, Chao Zhao, Liping Chen, Feng Front Microbiol Microbiology Early weaned piglets are vulnerable to diarrhea because of weaning stress and immaturity of intestinal tract. Compelling evidence suggests that gut microbiota is vital to host health. However, it is not well understood on the composition and succession of piglet gut microbiota during the weaning transition. In our two trials, total 17 commercial piglets were studied in a pig farm in Jiangxi Province, China. Fresh feces were collected for four times (10 days before weaned, weaned day, 10 days after weaned, 21 days after weaned) by rectal massage. Fecal bacterial composition was assessed by 16S rRNA gene V3–V4 regions sequencing by Illumina Miseq platform. The results showed that the gut microbiota of piglets shifted quickly after weaned and reached relatively stable level in 10 days after weaned. The alpha diversity increased significantly with the age of piglets. The microbiota of suckling piglets was mainly represented by Fusobacterium, Lactobacillus, Bacteroides, Escherichia/Shigella, and Megasphaera. This pattern contrasted with that of Clostridium sensu stricto, Roseburia, Paraprevotella, Clostridium XIVa, and Blautia, which were major representative genera after weaned. In summary, we delineated the development of piglet gut microbiota during the weaning transition. This study helps us understand the maturing development of gut microbiota in commercial piglets. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5591375/ /pubmed/28928724 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01688 Text en Copyright © 2017 Chen, Xu, Chen, Fang, Zhao and Chen. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Microbiology Chen, Limei Xu, Yuesong Chen, Xiaoyu Fang, Chao Zhao, Liping Chen, Feng The Maturing Development of Gut Microbiota in Commercial Piglets during the Weaning Transition |
title | The Maturing Development of Gut Microbiota in Commercial Piglets during the Weaning Transition |
title_full | The Maturing Development of Gut Microbiota in Commercial Piglets during the Weaning Transition |
title_fullStr | The Maturing Development of Gut Microbiota in Commercial Piglets during the Weaning Transition |
title_full_unstemmed | The Maturing Development of Gut Microbiota in Commercial Piglets during the Weaning Transition |
title_short | The Maturing Development of Gut Microbiota in Commercial Piglets during the Weaning Transition |
title_sort | maturing development of gut microbiota in commercial piglets during the weaning transition |
topic | Microbiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5591375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28928724 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01688 |
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