Donor age and body weight determine the effects of fecal microbiota transplantation on growth performance, and fecal microbiota development in recipient pigs

Donor age and body weight determine the effects of fecal microbiota transplantation on growth performance, and fecal microbiota development in recipient pigs

Abstract Background The application of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to improve swine growth performance has been sporadically studied. Most of these studies used a single microbiota source and thus the effect of donor characteristics on recipient pigs’ fecal microbiota development and grow...

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Main Authors: Xiaofan Wang, Tsungcheng Tsai, Bin Zuo, Xiaoyuan Wei, Feilong Deng, Ying Li, Charles V. Maxwell, Hua Yang, Yingping Xiao, Jiangchao Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
Subjects:
Colonization
FMT
Growth performance
Swine gut microbiome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40104-022-00696-1

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