Plant-oriented microbiome inoculum modulates age-related maturation of gut-mucosal expression of innate immune and barrier function genes in suckling and weaned piglets
Abstract:In the immediate time after weaning, piglets often show symptoms of gut inflammation. The change to a plant-based diet, lack of sow milk and the resulting novel gut microbiome and metabolite profile in digesta may be causative factors for the observed inflammation. We used the intestinal loop perfusion assay (ILPA) to investigate jejunal and colonic expression of genes for antimicrobial secretion, oxidative stress, barrier function and inflammatory signaling in suckling and weaned piglets when exposed to ‘plan… Show more
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