Fermented cereal-based liquid feed and the gut microbiota of suckling and post-weaning piglets
This study investigated the effect of a fermented cereal-based liquid feed, offered from the suckling period through post-weaning, on the gut microbiota of piglets. Ninety piglets from 15 litters were allocated to either a standard dry feed or the fermented cereal liquid feed, with ad libitum access from day 14 to day 56 and weaning at day 28. Faecal and digesta samples were collected at multiple time points for 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of the V3-V4 region.
This study investigated the effect of a fermented cereal-based liquid feed, offered from the suckling period through post-weaning, on the gut microbiota of piglets. Ninety piglets from 15 litters were allocated to either a standard dry feed or the fermented cereal liquid feed, with ad libitum access from day 14 to day 56 and weaning at day 28. Faecal and digesta samples were collected at multiple time points for 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of the V3-V4 region.
aarhus university department of animal and veterinary sciences