Journal article
Potential relevance of pig gut content transplantation for production and research
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Vol.10(1)
2019
Abstract
It is becoming increasingly evident that the gastrointestinal microbiota has a significant impact on the overall health and production of the pig. This has led to intensified research on the composition of the gastrointestinal microbiota, factors affecting it, and the impact of the microbiota on health, growth performance, and more recently, behavior of the host. Swine production research has been heavily focused on assessing the effects of feed additives and dietary modifications to alter or take advantage of select characteristics of gastrointestinal microbes to improve health and feed conversion efficiency. Research on faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) as a possible tool to improve outcomes in pigs through manipulation of the gastrointestinal microbiome is very recent and limited data is available. Results on FMT in humans demonstrating the transfer of phenotypic traits from donors to recipients and the high efficacy of FMT to treat Clostridium difficile infections in humans, together with data from pigs relating GI-tract microbiota composition with growth performance has likely played an important role in the interest towards this strategy in pig production. However, several factors can influence the impact of FMT on the recipient, and these need to be identified and optimized before this tool can be applied to pig production.
Details
- Title
- Potential relevance of pig gut content transplantation for production and research
- Authors/Creators
- N. Canibe (Author/Creator)M. O’Dea (Author/Creator)S. Abraham (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Vol.10(1)
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Identifiers
- 991005540592207891
- Copyright
- © 2019 The Author(s).
- Murdoch Affiliation
- College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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