The Composition and Function of Pigeon Milk Microbiota Transmitted From Parent Pigeons to Squabs
Mammalian neonates obtain antibodies, nutrients, and microbiota from breast milk that help them resist the complex growth environment. Similar to mammals’ lactation behavior for their offspring, parent pigeons regurgitate pigeon milk (PM) from their crops to feed the squabs. Whether pigeon milk is a...
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| author | Jinmei Ding Nan Liao Yuming Zheng Lingyu Yang Hao Zhou Ke Xu Chengxiao Han Huaixi Luo Chao Qin Chunhong Tang Longxing Wei He Meng |
| author_facet | Jinmei Ding Nan Liao Yuming Zheng Lingyu Yang Hao Zhou Ke Xu Chengxiao Han Huaixi Luo Chao Qin Chunhong Tang Longxing Wei He Meng |
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| description | Mammalian neonates obtain antibodies, nutrients, and microbiota from breast milk that help them resist the complex growth environment. Similar to mammals’ lactation behavior for their offspring, parent pigeons regurgitate pigeon milk (PM) from their crops to feed the squabs. Whether pigeon milk is as valuable as mammalian milk is not clear, especially in terms of microbiota. This study adopted 16S rRNA gene sequencing to investigate the microbial composition and function in pigeon milk. We found abundant microbiota in pigeon milk. The dominant genera in parent pigeons’ milk were Lactobacillus, Enterococcus, Veillonella, and Bifidobacterium. An analysis of squab milk (SM) showed that Lactobacillus also accounted for a considerable proportion, followed by Bifidobacterium. Most of the squab milk microbial genera were also detected in parent pigeons. Microbial functional analysis showed that the squab milk microbes were more involved in the pathways of carbohydrate metabolism, amino acid metabolism, and energy metabolism. These findings indicated that microbiota play an important role in squabs and can be transmitted from parent pigeons to squabs by pigeon milk. The presence of plentiful probiotics in squabs also suggests that adding probiotics in artificial pigeon milk may promote the growth and development of squabs and improve the production performance of pigeons. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-42f8e87c17fa40e1a79b0d6e813a11a02022-12-21T19:40:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2020-08-011110.3389/fmicb.2020.01789565560The Composition and Function of Pigeon Milk Microbiota Transmitted From Parent Pigeons to SquabsJinmei Ding0Nan Liao1Yuming Zheng2Lingyu Yang3Hao Zhou4Ke Xu5Chengxiao Han6Huaixi Luo7Chao Qin8Chunhong Tang9Longxing Wei10He Meng11Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Xinrong Big Emperor Pigeon Breeding Professional Cooperation, Shanghai, ChinaFengxian District Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaMammalian neonates obtain antibodies, nutrients, and microbiota from breast milk that help them resist the complex growth environment. Similar to mammals’ lactation behavior for their offspring, parent pigeons regurgitate pigeon milk (PM) from their crops to feed the squabs. Whether pigeon milk is as valuable as mammalian milk is not clear, especially in terms of microbiota. This study adopted 16S rRNA gene sequencing to investigate the microbial composition and function in pigeon milk. We found abundant microbiota in pigeon milk. The dominant genera in parent pigeons’ milk were Lactobacillus, Enterococcus, Veillonella, and Bifidobacterium. An analysis of squab milk (SM) showed that Lactobacillus also accounted for a considerable proportion, followed by Bifidobacterium. Most of the squab milk microbial genera were also detected in parent pigeons. Microbial functional analysis showed that the squab milk microbes were more involved in the pathways of carbohydrate metabolism, amino acid metabolism, and energy metabolism. These findings indicated that microbiota play an important role in squabs and can be transmitted from parent pigeons to squabs by pigeon milk. The presence of plentiful probiotics in squabs also suggests that adding probiotics in artificial pigeon milk may promote the growth and development of squabs and improve the production performance of pigeons.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01789/fullpigeon milkmicrobiotasquabsparent pigeonscompositionfunction |
| spellingShingle | Jinmei Ding Nan Liao Yuming Zheng Lingyu Yang Hao Zhou Ke Xu Chengxiao Han Huaixi Luo Chao Qin Chunhong Tang Longxing Wei He Meng The Composition and Function of Pigeon Milk Microbiota Transmitted From Parent Pigeons to Squabs Frontiers in Microbiology pigeon milk microbiota squabs parent pigeons composition function |
| title | The Composition and Function of Pigeon Milk Microbiota Transmitted From Parent Pigeons to Squabs |
| title_full | The Composition and Function of Pigeon Milk Microbiota Transmitted From Parent Pigeons to Squabs |
| title_fullStr | The Composition and Function of Pigeon Milk Microbiota Transmitted From Parent Pigeons to Squabs |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Composition and Function of Pigeon Milk Microbiota Transmitted From Parent Pigeons to Squabs |
| title_short | The Composition and Function of Pigeon Milk Microbiota Transmitted From Parent Pigeons to Squabs |
| title_sort | composition and function of pigeon milk microbiota transmitted from parent pigeons to squabs |
| topic | pigeon milk microbiota squabs parent pigeons composition function |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01789/full |
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