Galacto-oligosaccharides increase the abundance of beneficial probiotic bacteria and improve gut architecture and goblet cell expression in poorly performing piglets, but not performance
Lee, A., Mansbridge, S.C., Liang, L., Connerton, I.F. and Mellits, K.H. (2023) Galacto-oligosaccharides increase the abundance of beneficial probiotic bacteria and improve gut architecture and goblet cell expression in poorly performing piglets, but not performance. Animals, 13 (2). ISSN 2076-2615
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Abstract
Poorly performing piglets receiving commercial milk replacers do not benefit from the naturally occurring probiotic galacto-oligosaccharides otherwise found in sow milk. Study objectives were to investigate the effects of complete milk replacer supplemented with galacto-oligosaccharides on the microbiome, gut architecture and immunomodulatory goblet cell expression of poorly performing piglets that could benefit from milk replacement feeding when separated from sows and housed with fit siblings in environmentally controlled pens. The study is novel in that it is one of the first to investigate the effects of supplementing complete milk replacer with galacto-oligosaccharides in poorly performing piglets. Gastrointestinal tract samples were collected from piglets, and the microbiome composition was assessed by 16s ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene sequencing. Gut architectural features, villus/crypt ratio and enumeration of goblet cells in tissues were assessed by histopathological techniques. The most abundant taxa identified at the genus level were Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Prevotella, Lactococcus and Leuconostoc. Milk replacer plus galacto-oligosaccharides significantly improved gut architectural features and villus/crypt ratio throughout the gastrointestinal tract, increased the number of goblet cells and revealed a differential abundance of beneficial probiotic bacteria, particularly Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. In these respects, galacto-oligosaccharide-supplemented milk replacer may be a useful addition to animal husbandry in poorly performing, non-thriving animals when moved to environmentally controlled pens away from sows and fit siblings, thereby modulating the microbiome and gastrointestinal tract performance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | pigs, microbiota, suckling, galacto-oligosaccharides, probiotics, histology, goblet cells, milk replacer, lactic acid bacteria |
| Divisions: | Animal Health, Behaviour and Welfare (from 1.09.21) |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Rachael Giles |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2023 15:03 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2023 15:03 |
| URI: | https://hau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17911 |
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