Sus scrofa domesticus breed:Landrace x Large white Metagenome

Prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides are functionally similar to those of mammalian milk and stimulate the development of the microbiota in neonates whilst conferring a variety of health benefits including innate and adaptive immune development. Whilst galacto-oligosaccharides inhibit rotaviruses directly, little is known about the effects of supplementing the diets of sows with galacto-oligosaccharides during gestation. Therefore, aims of this study were to determine if GOS supplementation in gestational sows conferred immunity, reduced infectivity and modulated the microbiome in neonatal piglets in a commercial pig farm where rotavirus challenge is naturally endemic.