microbiome – Swine in Minnesota

Influence of pig gut microbiota on Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae susceptibility

In this open-access article from the MycoLab, Dr. Maria Pieters’ team explores the influence of pigs’ gut microbiome in modulating their susceptibility to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae.

Piglet gut microbiota: a potential determinant for M. hyopneumoniae susceptibility

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

This week, we are sharing a report by the MycoLab regarding piglet microbiota and its potential influence of M.hyopneumoniae susceptibility.

Key points

Early life gut microbiota could be a potential determinant in modulating susceptibility to chronic respiratory diseases such as enzootic pneumonia in pigs.
Increased abundance of short‐chain fatty acid producing bacteria in piglet gut was associated with decreased M. hyopneumoniae respiratory lesions.
Understanding the function and composition of a ‘healthy’ pig gut microbiota would aid to successfully implement novel disease control strategies.

Explore Lawsonia and the Swine Gut Microbiome: a podcast

Podcasts are a perfect way to get caught up with new swine information! We are presenting you the latest episode from “At The Meeting… Honoring Dr. Bob Morrison” in collaboration with SwineCast.

In this episode of At the Meeting honoring Dr. Bob Morrison, the group discusses the swine gut microbiome and what is considered a good or bad microbiome.

Microbiome studies in swine systems: Challenges and opportunities(Part 2)

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

This week we are sharing part 2 of Dr. Gomez’s report on microbiome studies in swine. You may read part 1 over here if you missed last week.

Key points

Due to the nature of microbiome it cannot be studied separated from other relevant information and should be studied together with metabolomics, genomics, immunity and nutrition.
Development of models at different levels are needed to evaluate the effect on microbiome of different strategies and to evaluate the impact of microbiome changes on the pig gut health.

Microbiome studies in swine systems: Challenges and opportunities (Part 1)

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

This week, we are sharing part 1 of a report on the microbiome in swine production, by Dr. Andres Gomez.

Key Points

Microbiome and more specifically the bacteria residing in the gut play multiple roles related with nutrition and health.
The study of swine gut bacteria is still in its early stages, and the field contains many possibilities exciting possibilities.
Funding and microbiome classification are two of the most important barriers to overcome in order to gain insight into the complex field of swine gut bacteria.