Table 5.
Effects of gut microbiota on the nutrient digestibility in a pig model (%).1
| Item | Groups2 |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV | GF | FMT | ||
| Dry matter | 90.29 ± 0.29a | 76.52 ± 0.95b | 92.07 ± 0.26a | <0.01 |
| Crude ash | 69.47 ± 1.50b | 65.78 ± 1.31b | 80.61 ± 1.92a | <0.01 |
| Ether extract | 80.65 ± 2.18b | 75.91 ± 1.57b | 88.47 ± 0.59a | <0.01 |
| Gross energy | 90.39 ± 0.33a | 79.04 ± 1.05b | 92.46 ± 0.23a | <0.01 |
| Crude protein | 89.02 ± 0.45a | 84.28 ± 1.08b | 91.57 ± 0.79a | <0.01 |
a, b Labeled means with different superscripts within a row are significantly different at P < 0.05.
1
Values are means ± SEM, n = 6/group.
2
CV, conventional piglets; GF, germ-free piglets; FMT, germ-free piglets were transplanted with healthy sow fecal microbiota.