ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2018
Maternal Soluble Fiber Diet during Pregnancy Changes the Intestinal Microbiota, Improves Growth Performance, and Reduces Intestinal Permeability in Piglets.
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- Effects of fermented bamboo fiber on intestinal health and fecal pollutants in weaned piglets.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- The research progress on the impact of pig gut microbiota on health and production performance.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Intestinal dysbiosis during pregnancy and microbiota-associated impairments in offspring.Frontiers in microbiomes · 2025Review
- Phytobiotics in poultry: revolutionizing broiler chicken nutrition with plant-derived gut health enhancers.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2024Review
- The Predatory Properties of Bradymonabacteria, the Representative of Facultative Prey-Dependent Predators.Microorganisms · 2024Article
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Abstract
Increasing evidence suggests that maternal diet during pregnancy modifies an offspring's microbiota composition and intestinal development in a long-term manner. However, the effects of maternal soluble fiber diet during pregnancy on growth traits and the developing intestine are still underexplored. Sows were allocated to either a control or 2.0% pregelatinized waxy maize starch plus guar gum (SF) dietary treatment during gestation. Growth performance, diarrhea incidence, gut microbiota composition and metabolism, and gut permeability and inflammation status of 14-day-old suckling piglets were analyzed. The maternal SF diet improved the growth rate and decreased the incidence of diarrhea in the piglets. Next-generation sequencing analysis revealed that the intestinal microbiota composition was altered by a maternal SF diet. The fecal and plasma levels of acetate and butyrate were also increased. Furthermore, a maternal SF diet reduced the levels of plasma zonulin and fecal lipocalin-2 but increased the plasma concentrations of interleukin 10 (IL-10) and transforming growth factor β (TGF-β). Additionally, the increased relative abundances of
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