Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in Postweaning Piglets: Understanding the Keys to Health

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 851-873

  Gresse, Raphaële ^a,b   Chaucheyras Durand, Frédérique ^b   Fleury, Mickaël Alain ^c   Van de Wiele, Tom ^d   Forano, Evelyne ^a   Blanquet Diot, Stéphanie ^a  

^a UMR 454 MEDIS INRA UCA   (France)

^b LALLEMAND SAS   (France)

^c Institut de L'Elevage   (France)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

dysbiosis; gut microbiota; in vitro digestion models; nonantibiotic alternatives; pig; post weaning diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESSENTIAL OIL; FOOD ADDITIVE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC OXIDE;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSBIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EX VIVO STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; POSTWEANING INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SWINE DISEASE; WEANING; ANIMAL; INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DIET; DYSBIOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; INTESTINES; MICROBIOTA; PROBIOTICS; SWINE; WEANING;

EID: 85020259842     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.05.004     Document Type: Review

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