Global studies of microbial diversity on Luchuan Pigs

In china, the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences (China) has preserved a batch of LC pigs introduced from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) in 2000. In the past 20 years of breeding, these LC pigs have differentiated into two shapes. Some of the LC pigs with a slender body shape and no sagging abdomen were selected as lean LC pigs (LLC), while others, characterized by larger body size, obese, and had their abdomen touching the ground, were selected as fatty LC pigs (FLC). we found Changes in fecal microbiota and metabolites contributed to the phenotypic differentiation of Luchuan pigs.