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From: Lactobacillus reuteri improves the development and maturation of fecal microbiota in piglets through mother-to-infant microbe and metabolite vertical transmission

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Experimental design and workflow of sample collection. Healthy crossbred sows (Landrace and Yorkshire, n=26) in the late gestation stage with similar expected delivery dates were chosen in this study. The sows were randomly allocated into groups with or without the addition of L. reuteri I5007 via the diet. The period of treatment in sows was 28 days. After parturition, the piglets from the two groups of sows were divided into two treatments: oral administration of L. reuteri I5007 or saline. At day 14 after birth, the piglets were offered creep feed ad libitum and had free access to water. The piglets were kept with the sow until weaning at day 21. The period of treatment in piglets was 21 days. Stool samples of sows and piglets were collected by swabbing. The day when the treatment started was counted as day 0. The figure was created by BioRender.com (https://app.biorender.com/)

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Microbiome

ISSN: 2049-2618

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