Microbial Composition of Lactating Sows and Their Offspring Piglets

Feeding bamboo powder is a kind of fiber raw material mainly composed of insoluble dietary fiber. In this study, insoluble dietary fiber based rice husk meal and feeding bamboo powder were used to compare the effects of bamboo fiber on fecal microflora and performance of lactating sows and their offspring piglets. 30 healthy crossbred gilts at day 105 of gestation were randomly allocated into 3 groups: CON, TRE1 supplemented with 2% feeding bamboo powder and TRE2 supplemented with 2% compound bamboo powder with 99% feeding bamboo powder and 1% bamboo fiber polymer material. The reproductive performance, serum indexes, the fecal microbiota of sows and piglets were analyzed.