Development of Swine’s Digestive Tract Microbiota and Its Relation to Production Indices—A Review
The development of research methods and tools related to microbiome investigation, as well as widened knowledge and awareness concerning the significance of microorganisms inhabiting mammalian organisms, has led to an increasing popularity of studies in this field. This review paper presents some is...
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| author | Damian Knecht Paulina Cholewińska Anna Jankowska-Mąkosa Katarzyna Czyż |
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| description | The development of research methods and tools related to microbiome investigation, as well as widened knowledge and awareness concerning the significance of microorganisms inhabiting mammalian organisms, has led to an increasing popularity of studies in this field. This review paper presents some issues related to the swine microbiome, its development starting from an early age of life and its status in adult animals, as well as factors affecting the microbiome in pigs. Attention is paid to the role of probiotics and prebiotics as alternatives to antibiotics in the context of post-weaning diarrhea treatment, and to the role of microorganisms inhabiting the digestive tract of pigs in performance indices formation. In veterinary and pork production practice, understanding of the swine microbiome and its relationships with the host organism may be useful in the prevention of some diseases and also in improvement of performance results of animals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29c0eaafe50a4e99af82fa483c888f152022-12-22T00:47:50ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152020-03-0110352710.3390/ani10030527ani10030527Development of Swine’s Digestive Tract Microbiota and Its Relation to Production Indices—A ReviewDamian Knecht0Paulina Cholewińska1Anna Jankowska-Mąkosa2Katarzyna Czyż3Institute of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Biology and Animal Sciences, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chelmonskiego 38C, 51-630 Wroclaw, PolandInstitute of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Biology and Animal Sciences, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chelmonskiego 38C, 51-630 Wroclaw, PolandInstitute of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Biology and Animal Sciences, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chelmonskiego 38C, 51-630 Wroclaw, PolandInstitute of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Biology and Animal Sciences, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chelmonskiego 38C, 51-630 Wroclaw, PolandThe development of research methods and tools related to microbiome investigation, as well as widened knowledge and awareness concerning the significance of microorganisms inhabiting mammalian organisms, has led to an increasing popularity of studies in this field. This review paper presents some issues related to the swine microbiome, its development starting from an early age of life and its status in adult animals, as well as factors affecting the microbiome in pigs. Attention is paid to the role of probiotics and prebiotics as alternatives to antibiotics in the context of post-weaning diarrhea treatment, and to the role of microorganisms inhabiting the digestive tract of pigs in performance indices formation. In veterinary and pork production practice, understanding of the swine microbiome and its relationships with the host organism may be useful in the prevention of some diseases and also in improvement of performance results of animals.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/3/527pigspigletsmicrobiotagastrointestinal tract |
| spellingShingle | Damian Knecht Paulina Cholewińska Anna Jankowska-Mąkosa Katarzyna Czyż Development of Swine’s Digestive Tract Microbiota and Its Relation to Production Indices—A Review Animals pigs piglets microbiota gastrointestinal tract |
| title | Development of Swine’s Digestive Tract Microbiota and Its Relation to Production Indices—A Review |
| title_full | Development of Swine’s Digestive Tract Microbiota and Its Relation to Production Indices—A Review |
| title_fullStr | Development of Swine’s Digestive Tract Microbiota and Its Relation to Production Indices—A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of Swine’s Digestive Tract Microbiota and Its Relation to Production Indices—A Review |
| title_short | Development of Swine’s Digestive Tract Microbiota and Its Relation to Production Indices—A Review |
| title_sort | development of swine s digestive tract microbiota and its relation to production indices a review |
| topic | pigs piglets microbiota gastrointestinal tract |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/3/527 |
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