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XII - 12th International Symposium - Digestive Physiology of Pigs

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<strong>Digestive</strong><br />

<strong>Physiology</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Pigs</strong><br />

as level <strong>of</strong> Pg increased in sow diets. A linear increase<br />

in number born alive and weaned, without a change in<br />

average birth or weaning weight, as the level <strong>of</strong> Pg in the<br />

diet increased has previously been reported. In summary,<br />

inclusion <strong>of</strong> Pg had no effect on immune parameters<br />

measured in milk, colostrum, or d 14 serum. However,<br />

inclusion <strong>of</strong> Pg in gestation and lactation diets increased<br />

the inflammatory response <strong>of</strong> gilts and sows.<br />

Key words: immune function, yeast product, sow and litter<br />

3024 Ileal mucosa-associated, but not ileal digesta,<br />

bacterial pr<strong>of</strong>iles in grower pigs are influenced by<br />

nutrition and use <strong>of</strong> antibiotics for starter pigs. C. L.<br />

Levesque* 1 , H. Yu 2 , and C. F. M. de Lange 1 , 1 University <strong>of</strong><br />

Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 2 Guelph Food Research<br />

Centre, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.<br />

A longitudinal study was conducted in pigs to evaluate the<br />

effect <strong>of</strong> nutrition and use <strong>of</strong> antibiotics for starter pigs on<br />

ileal bacterial microbiota. Fifty-six pigs were weaned at<br />

21 ± 2 d <strong>of</strong> age and fed a high (H) or low (L) complexity<br />

diet with (A+) or without (A-) chlortetracycline for 6 wk. All<br />

pigs received the same grower diet thereafter. <strong>Pigs</strong> were<br />

killed at wk 2, 4, and 8 and ileal digesta, as well as a 40<br />

cm section <strong>of</strong> the distal ileum, were taken for extraction<br />

<strong>of</strong> digesta and mucosa-associated bacteria, respectively.<br />

Total DNA was extracted using a commercially available<br />

kit and PCR amplicons were generated using HDA1-GC<br />

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and HDA2 primers against the V3 region <strong>of</strong> the 16S rRNA<br />

gene. DGGE electrophoresis <strong>of</strong> PCR amplicons was used<br />

for separation <strong>of</strong> distinct bacteria communities. Similarities<br />

<strong>of</strong> PCR-DGGE pr<strong>of</strong>iles were analyzed with Bionumerics<br />

s<strong>of</strong>tware and the degree <strong>of</strong> similarity represented by a<br />

similarity coefficient. At wk 2, compared with HA+, mucosal<br />

bacteria from pigs fed HA-, LA+, and LA- had a similarity<br />

coefficient <strong>of</strong> 85.7, 71.4 and 50.0%, respectively. At wk 4<br />

pigs fed LA-, HA-, and LA+ had a similarity coefficient <strong>of</strong><br />

88.9, 57.1, and 35.5%, respectively compared with pigs<br />

fed HA+. Compared with HA-, pigs fed LA-, LA+, and<br />

HA+ had a similarity coefficient <strong>of</strong> 88.9, 84.2, and 73.7%,<br />

respectively, at wk 8. Ileal bacterial microbiota pr<strong>of</strong>iles were<br />

more similar within week than across weeks. Preliminary<br />

analysis showed effects <strong>of</strong> diet and antibiotic use on ileal<br />

digesta microbiota at wk 2 and 4 but not at wk 8. Detailed<br />

analysis <strong>of</strong> the PCR-DGGE bacterial pr<strong>of</strong>iles in ileal<br />

digesta is currently underway. Phylogenetic analyses <strong>of</strong><br />

the mucosa-associated bacterial pr<strong>of</strong>iles at wk 2 and 8 are<br />

being conducted using 454 pyrosequencing. Diet quality<br />

in the starter phase had a greater influence on mucosaassociated<br />

microbiota pr<strong>of</strong>iles than antibiotics at wk 2;<br />

whereas, in-feed antibiotics appeared to have a greater<br />

long-term effect on ileal mucosa-associated microbiota<br />

(i.e., wk 8). Post-weaning nutrition permanently alters<br />

ileal mucosa-associated, but not ileal digesta, microbiota<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>iles.<br />

Key words: early nutrition, microbiota, pigs

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