ArticleBMC veterinary research2020
Insight into the intestinal microbiome of farrowing sows following the administration of garlic (Allium sativum) extract and probiotic bacteria cultures under farming conditions.
Article in BMC veterinary research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Methyl Gallate on Physiological and Gut Microbiota-Associated Responses Following a Single Intramuscular Administration of Tylosin in Weaned Piglets.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Remodelling of the healthy foal's conjunctival microbiome in the first two months of life.Journal of veterinary research · 2025Article
- The Vaginal Microbiome of Mares on the Post-Foaling Day Under Field Conditions.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Aged garlic therapeutic intervention targeting inflammatory pathways in pathogenesis of bowel disorders.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Effects of Supplementation with Oregano Essential Oil during Late Gestation and Lactation on Serum Metabolites, Antioxidant Capacity and Fecal Microbiota of Sows.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Oregano Essential Oil and Purple Garlic Powder Effects on Intestinal Health, Microbiota Indicators and Antimicrobial Resistance as Feed Additives in Weaning Piglets.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Alfalfa Silage Diet Improves Meat Quality by Remodeling the Intestinal Microbes of Fattening Pigs.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Detection of EnterotoxigenicLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Cutting-edge knowledge on the roles of phytobiotics and their proposed modes of action in swine.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Review
- Antibacterial plant combinations prevent postweaning diarrhea in organically raised piglets challenged with enterotoxigenicFrontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Fecal microbial transplantation limits neural injury severity and functional deficits in a pediatric piglet traumatic brain injury model.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Beneficial Effects of Organosulfur Compounds fromFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Effect of BioPlus YC Probiotic Supplementation on Gut Microbiota, Production Performance, Carcass and Meat Quality of Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Antibacterial Properties of Organosulfur Compounds of Garlic (Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundDue to the tendency to reduce antibiotic use in humans and animals, more attention is paid to feed additives as their replacement. Crucial role of feed additives is to improve the health status, production efficiency and performance. In this original research, we estimate the potential influence of garlic (Allium sativum) extract and probiotic formula including Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Lactobacillus fermentum on the intestinal microbiota of sows, using the next generation sequencing method (NGS).
resultsOur results indicate that the overall species richness as well as the composition of swine gut microbiota may be shaped by regular feeding with supplemented additives. On the Family and Genus level both additives (garlic extract and probiotics) seem to decrease microbiome diversity and richness. However, when it comes to garlic supplementation, we found the opposite trend on the Species level.
conclusionsThe analysis of the selected microbial function indicates that both additives used in this study (garlic extract and composition of probiotics) seem to create a greater metabolic potential than estimated in a control group of sows. A general trend of losing or decreasing members of pathogenic species in the swine microbiome seems to occur in relation to both supplemented additives. In the prevention of some bacterial diseases supplemented additives could be considered for future use.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.