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ArticlePloS one2021

Millet-based supplement restored gut microbial diversity of acute malnourished pigs.

Xuejing Li, Yan Hui, Bingfeng Leng, Junli Ren, Yanni Song, Lianqiang Che, Xi Peng, Baojia Huang, Songling Liu, Lin Li and 4 more

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Xuejing LiBGI Institute of Applied Agriculture, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Yan HuiBGI Institute of Applied Agriculture, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2388-131X
Bingfeng LengBGI Institute of Applied Agriculture, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Junli RenBGI Institute of Applied Agriculture, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Yanni SongBGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
Lianqiang CheAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan, China.
Xi PengCollege of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong, China.
Baojia HuangBGI Institute of Applied Agriculture, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Songling LiuBGI Institute of Applied Agriculture, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Lin LiBGI Institute of Applied Agriculture, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Dennis Sandris NielsenDepartment of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Yong LiBGI Institute of Applied Agriculture, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Xiaoshuang DaiBGI Institute of Applied Agriculture, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Shancen ZhaoBGI Institute of Applied Agriculture, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
BGI Group (China) · CNChina West Normal University · CNSichuan Agricultural University · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tight association between malnutrition and gut microbiota (GM) dysbiosis enables microbiota-targeting intervention to be a promising strategy. Thus, we used a malnourished pig model to investigate the host response and GM alterations under different diet supplementation strategies. Pigs at age of 4 weeks were fed with pure maize diet to induce malnutrition symptoms, and followed by continuous feeding with maize (Maize, n = 8) or re-feeding using either corn-soy-blend (CSB+, n = 10) or millet-soy-blend based (MSB+, n = 10) supplementary food for 3 weeks. Meanwhile, 8 pigs were fed on a standard formulated ration as control (Ref). The effect of nutritional supplementation was assessed by the growth status, blood chemistry, gastrointestinal pathology, mucosal microbiota composition and colon production of short-chain fatty acids. Compared with purely maize-fed pigs, both CSB+ and MSB+ elevated the concentrations of total protein and globulin in blood. These pigs still showed most malnutrition symptoms after the food intervention period. MSB+ had superior influence on the GM development, exhibiting better performance in both structural and functional aspects. MSB+ pigs were colonized by less Proteobacteria but more Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Lachnospira spp. Pearson's correlation analysis indicated a strong correlation between the abundance of mucosal e.g., Faecalibacterium and Lachnospira spp. and body weight, crown-rump length and total serum protein. In conclusion, the malnutrition symptoms were accompanied by an aberrant GM, and millet-based nutritional supplementation showed promising potentials to restore the reduced GM diversity implicated in pig malnutrition.

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Animal FeedAnimalsBacillotaBacteroidetesBiodiversityBlood ProteinsBody WeightDietDysbiosisEubacterialesFaecalibacteriumFatty Acids, VolatileFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGlycine maxMalnutritionBlood ProteinsFatty Acids, VolatileRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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