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The fecal microbiota of piglets during weaning transition and its association with piglet growth across various farm environments

This study describes the fecal microbiota from piglets reared in different living environments during the weaning transition, and presents the characteristics of microbiota associated with good growth of piglets after weaning. Fecal samples were collected pre- (d26) and post-weaning (d35) from 288 m...

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Autores principales: Luise, Diana, Le Sciellour, Mathilde, Buchet, Arnaud, Resmond, Rémi, Clement, Charlène, Rossignol, Marie-Noelle, Jardet, Deborah, Zemb, Olivier, Belloc, Catherine, Merlot, Elodie
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8078812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33905437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250655
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author Luise, Diana
Le Sciellour, Mathilde
Buchet, Arnaud
Resmond, Rémi
Clement, Charlène
Rossignol, Marie-Noelle
Jardet, Deborah
Zemb, Olivier
Belloc, Catherine
Merlot, Elodie
author_facet Luise, Diana
Le Sciellour, Mathilde
Buchet, Arnaud
Resmond, Rémi
Clement, Charlène
Rossignol, Marie-Noelle
Jardet, Deborah
Zemb, Olivier
Belloc, Catherine
Merlot, Elodie
author_sort Luise, Diana
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description This study describes the fecal microbiota from piglets reared in different living environments during the weaning transition, and presents the characteristics of microbiota associated with good growth of piglets after weaning. Fecal samples were collected pre- (d26) and post-weaning (d35) from 288 male piglets in 16 conventional indoor commercial farms located in the West of France. The changes one week after weaning on the most abundant microbial families was roughly the same in all farms: alpha diversity increased, the relative abundance of Bacteroidaceae (-61%), Christensenellaceae (-35%), Enterobacteriaceae (-42%), and Clostridiaceae (-32%) decreased, while the relative abundance of Prevotellaceae (+143%) and Lachnospiraceae (+21%) increased. Among all the collected samples, four enterotypes that were ubiquitous in all farms were identified. They could be discriminated by their respective relative abundances of Prevotella, Faecalibacterium, Roseburia, and Lachnospira, and likely corresponded to a gradual maturational shift from pre- to post-weaning microbiota. The rearing environment influenced the frequency of enterotypes, as well as the relative abundance of 6 families at d26 (including Christensenellaceae and Lactobacillaceae), and of 21 families at d35. In all farms, piglets showing the highest relative growth rate during the first three weeks after weaning, which were characterized as more robust, had a higher relative abundance of Bacteroidetes, a lower relative abundance of Proteobacteria, and showed a greater increase in Prevotella, Coprococcus, and Lachnospira in the post-weaning period. This study revealed the presence of ubiquitous enterotypes among the farms of this study, reflecting maturational stages of microbiota from a young suckling to an older cereal-eating profile. Despite significant variation in the microbial profile between farms, piglets whose growth after weaning was less disrupted were, those who had reached the more mature phenotype characterized by Prevotella the fastest.
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spelling pubmed-80788122021-05-06 The fecal microbiota of piglets during weaning transition and its association with piglet growth across various farm environments Luise, Diana Le Sciellour, Mathilde Buchet, Arnaud Resmond, Rémi Clement, Charlène Rossignol, Marie-Noelle Jardet, Deborah Zemb, Olivier Belloc, Catherine Merlot, Elodie PLoS One Research Article This study describes the fecal microbiota from piglets reared in different living environments during the weaning transition, and presents the characteristics of microbiota associated with good growth of piglets after weaning. Fecal samples were collected pre- (d26) and post-weaning (d35) from 288 male piglets in 16 conventional indoor commercial farms located in the West of France. The changes one week after weaning on the most abundant microbial families was roughly the same in all farms: alpha diversity increased, the relative abundance of Bacteroidaceae (-61%), Christensenellaceae (-35%), Enterobacteriaceae (-42%), and Clostridiaceae (-32%) decreased, while the relative abundance of Prevotellaceae (+143%) and Lachnospiraceae (+21%) increased. Among all the collected samples, four enterotypes that were ubiquitous in all farms were identified. They could be discriminated by their respective relative abundances of Prevotella, Faecalibacterium, Roseburia, and Lachnospira, and likely corresponded to a gradual maturational shift from pre- to post-weaning microbiota. The rearing environment influenced the frequency of enterotypes, as well as the relative abundance of 6 families at d26 (including Christensenellaceae and Lactobacillaceae), and of 21 families at d35. In all farms, piglets showing the highest relative growth rate during the first three weeks after weaning, which were characterized as more robust, had a higher relative abundance of Bacteroidetes, a lower relative abundance of Proteobacteria, and showed a greater increase in Prevotella, Coprococcus, and Lachnospira in the post-weaning period. This study revealed the presence of ubiquitous enterotypes among the farms of this study, reflecting maturational stages of microbiota from a young suckling to an older cereal-eating profile. Despite significant variation in the microbial profile between farms, piglets whose growth after weaning was less disrupted were, those who had reached the more mature phenotype characterized by Prevotella the fastest. Public Library of Science 2021-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8078812/ /pubmed/33905437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250655 Text en © 2021 Luise et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Luise, Diana
Le Sciellour, Mathilde
Buchet, Arnaud
Resmond, Rémi
Clement, Charlène
Rossignol, Marie-Noelle
Jardet, Deborah
Zemb, Olivier
Belloc, Catherine
Merlot, Elodie
The fecal microbiota of piglets during weaning transition and its association with piglet growth across various farm environments
title The fecal microbiota of piglets during weaning transition and its association with piglet growth across various farm environments
title_full The fecal microbiota of piglets during weaning transition and its association with piglet growth across various farm environments
title_fullStr The fecal microbiota of piglets during weaning transition and its association with piglet growth across various farm environments
title_full_unstemmed The fecal microbiota of piglets during weaning transition and its association with piglet growth across various farm environments
title_short The fecal microbiota of piglets during weaning transition and its association with piglet growth across various farm environments
title_sort fecal microbiota of piglets during weaning transition and its association with piglet growth across various farm environments
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8078812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33905437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250655
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