| effect of inulin supplementation on selected gastric, duodenal, and caecal microbiota and short chain fatty acid pattern in growing piglets. | we explored whether bifidobacteria and lactobacilli numbers and other selected bacteria in the upper intestine and the caecum of growing pigs were affected by diet and intake of inulin. starting at two weeks after weaning (28 d) 72 pigs were fed two types of diets (wheat/barley (wb) or maize/gluten (mg)), without or with 3% inulin (wb + i, mg + i) for three and six weeks. intestinal bacteria were quantified by fluorescence-in-situ-hybridization (n = 8/group). duration of feeding had no effect on ... | 2007 | 17760302 |
| characterization of the gastrointestinal mucosa-associated microbiota of pigs and chickens using culture-based and molecular methodologies. | the microbiota of the gastrointestinal tract (git) can play an important role in the healthy status of farm animals and in the safety of the whole food chain. in this study, the mucosa-associated microbiota of the git of pigs and chickens was analyzed by culture methods and fluorescence in situ hybridization combined with flow cytometry (fcm-fish). in all pig git sections, lactic acid bacteria, enterobacteriaceae, atopobium, bacteroides, and clostridium histolyticum were the predominant bacteria ... | 2007 | 18095433 |
| ecophysiology of the developing total bacterial and lactobacillus communities in the terminal small intestine of weaning piglets. | weaning of the pig is generally regarded as a stressful event which could lead to clinical implications because of the changes in the intestinal ecosystem. the functional properties of microbiota inhabiting the pig's small intestine (si), including lactobacilli which are assumed to exert health-promoting properties, are yet poorly described. thus, we determined the ecophysiology of bacterial groups and within genus lactobacillus in the si of weaning piglets and the impact of dietary changes. the ... | 2008 | 18311472 |
| effect of a single oral administration of lactobacillus plantarum dsmz 8862/8866 before and at the time point of weaning on intestinal microbial communities in piglets. | the aim of this study was to evaluate whether a single administration of two strains of lactobacillus plantarum (dsmz 8862 and 8866) either before or at the time point of weaning can influence the intestinal microbiota of piglets. a total of 176 piglets were allocated into five groups: control (lp0), administration of 5 x 10(9) or 5x10(10) cfu at day 25 of life (lp1, lp2) and administration of 5 x 10(9) or 5 x 10(10) cfu at day 28 of life (lp3, lp4). piglets were weaned on day 28 of life. on day ... | 2009 | 19237219 |
| changes in bacterial communities from swine feces during continuous culture with starch. | bacteria from swine feces were grown in continuous culture with starch as the sole carbohydrate in order to monitor changes during fermentation and to determine how similar fermenter communities were to each other. dna extracted from fermenter samples was analyzed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (dgge). a significant decrease in diversity was observed, the shannon-weaver index dropped from 1.92 to 1.13 after 14 days of fermentation. likewise, similarity of fermenter communities to tho ... | 2010 | 20371295 |