ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2022
The Improvement of Semen Quality by Dietary Fiber Intake Is Positively Related With Gut Microbiota and SCFA in a Boar Model.
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- Impact of brewer's spent grain (BSG) and bio-transformed BSG biscuits on metabolic and gut health in adults with metabolic impairments: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
- Gut microbiota signatures associated with spermatogenic capacity and sperm retrieval outcomes in non-obstructive azoospermia.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2026Article
- Lifestyle factors impact sperm microbiota and are associated with biological and clinical issues in infertile patients undergoing assisted reproductive technologies, a proof-of-concept study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Gut Microbial Dysbiosis and Male Reproductive Health: Current Insights and Future Directions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Gut microbiota and their role in male reproductive health.NPJ science of food · 2026Review
- From association to intervention: Muribaculaceae driven SCFAs production enhances boar semen quality via inflammation alleviation.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Article
- Regulatory Effects of an Antioxidant Combination on Seminal Quality and Gut Microbiota in Ningxiang Boars Under Heat Stress.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Revealing gut microbiota profiles and their influencing factors in commercial boars of three breeds by a large-scale metagenome study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Gut microbiome-driven regulation of sex hormone homeostasis: a potential neuroendocrine connection.Gut microbes · 2025Article
- Effect of supplementation with different dietary energy sources on semen quality in a cold-stressed boar model.Animal biotechnology · 2025Article
- Unraveling the role of bacteria with heritable versus non-heritable relative abundance in the gut on boar semen quality.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2025Article
- Sperm Quality and Welfare of Sexually Mature Boars Supplemented with Partially Fermentable Insoluble Fiber.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Review
- The Androbactome and the Gut Microbiota-Testis Axis: A Narrative Review of Emerging Insights into Male Fertility.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The association of global and prime diet quality scores with sperm quality parameters: a cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Use of Natural Biomolecules in Animal Feed to Enhance Livestock Reproduction.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Effects of fermented bamboo fiber on intestinal health and fecal pollutants in weaned piglets.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Dipeptide metabolite, glutamyl-glutamate mediates microbe-host interaction to boost spermatogenesis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Alginate oligosaccharide supplementation improves boar semen quality under heat stress.Stress biology · 2024Article
- The potential influence and intervention measures of gut microbiota on sperm: it is time to focus on testis-gut microbiota axis.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Although fiber-rich diets have been positively associated with sperm quality, there have not been any studies that have examined the effects of dietary fiber and its metabolites on sperm quality in young or pre-pubescent animals. In this study, we aimed to explore the effect of dietary fiber supplementation on semen quality and the underlying mechanisms in a boar model. Sixty purebred Yorkshire weaning boars were randomly divided into the four groups (T1-T4). Groups T1, T2, and T3 boars were fed diets with different levels of fiber until reaching 160 days of age and were then fed the same diet, while group T4 boars were fed a basal diet supplemented with butyrate and probiotics. Compared with T1 boars, sperm motility and effective sperm number were significantly higher among T3 boars. Meanwhile, at 240 days of age, the acetic acid and total short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) contents in the sera of T3 and T4 boars were significantly higher than those in T1 boars. The abundance of microbiota in T2 and T3 boars was significantly higher than that in T1 boars (
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