This article was part of last week’s The view from the gut that featured the Blueprint issue of National Hog Farmer (Link). James Lowe, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, i-Learning Center, director shares the work his group has done understand the factors that drive the development of the microbiome of the pig’s intestine.
Source: National Hog Farmer, April 24, 2018, Link.
Antibiotics have powerful effects on the composition and structure of the pig’s gut microbiome. These changes are likely linked to changes in the health of both the intestine locally and the host systemically.
INSIGHTS: The reference to cross talk is mind-opening.