dc.contributor.author
Grześkowiak, Łukasz
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Saliu, Eva-Maria
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Martínez-Vallespín, Beatriz
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Wessels, Anna Grete
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Männer, Klaus
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Vahjen, Wilfried
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Zentek, Jürgen
dc.date.accessioned
2022-04-20T08:30:12Z
dc.date.available
2022-04-20T08:30:12Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/34740
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-34460
dc.description.abstract
Dietary fiber has a potential to modulate the gut microbiota in sows. We hypothesized that a maternal diet rich in either high- or low-fermentable fiber during gestation and lactation influences Clostridioides difficile gut colonization in suckling piglets. Twenty sows were fed gestation and lactation diets enriched with either high-fermentable sugar beet pulp (SBP) or low-fermentable lignocellulose (LNC) fibers. C. difficile, toxin B (TcdB), fecal score, microbial abundance (16S-rDNA sequencing) and metabolites were measured in the feces from the sows and their piglets. C. difficile concentration was higher in piglets from the sows fed LNC than SBP along the study (P ≤ 0.05). Higher prevalence of C. difficile was noted in three-week-old piglets from sows fed LNC vs. SBP (45% vs. 0%, P = 0.001). TcdB prevalence was higher in six-day-old piglets from the sows fed LNC vs. SBP (60% vs. 17%, P = 0.009). In sows, fecal microbial metabolites were higher in SBP than LNC, while C. difficile concentration showed no difference. Higher microbial diversity Shannon index was noted in sows from SBP vs. LNC one week before parturition and at the parturition (P ≤ 0.05). Piglets from SBP vs. LNC tended to have higher microbial diversity Shannon index at two and three weeks of age. Diets enriched with high-fermentable fiber compared to low-fermentable fiber in sows reduced C. difficile colonization in their piglets. Susceptibility to colonization by C. difficile in neonatal piglets can be modulated by the sows’ diet, supporting the hypothesis of the early microbial programming in the offspring and the importance of the sow-piglet couple.
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12 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
dietary fiber
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dc.subject
gut microbiota
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dc.subject.ddc
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche
dc.title
Fiber Composition in Sows’ Diets Modifies Clostridioides difficile Colonization in Their Offspring
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
154
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1007/s00284-022-02848-y
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Current Microbiology
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
5
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
79
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-022-02848-y
refubium.affiliation
Veterinärmedizin
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Tierernährung
refubium.funding
Springer Nature DEAL
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Die Publikation wurde aus Open Access Publikationsgeldern der Freien Universität Berlin gefördert.
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no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1432-0991