Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (4): 1791-1801.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.04.027

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Changes of Rectum Microbiota and Virome before and after Weaning and Their Interactions of Chalu Black Pigs

LI Suchen1(), LU Tingting1, CHEN Junguang4, MIAO Hui1,2, MAO Haiguang3, HAN Xinyan1,2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
    2. Hainan Insititute of Zhejiang University, Sanya 572000, China
    3. School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315000, China
    4. Animal Health Supervision Institute of Ninghai County, Zhejiang Province, Ningbo 315000, China
  • Received:2024-06-03 Online:2025-04-23 Published:2025-04-28
  • Contact: HAN Xinyan E-mail:lsc1207520@163.com;xyhan@zju.edu.cn

Abstract:

The study aims to explore the change of rectum bacteria and virome before and after weaning and their interactions of Chalu black piglets through 16S rDNA and meta-virome sequencing. Feces were collected from the rectal of Chalu black pigs on day 7 before weaning and day 7 after weaning respectively. 16S rDNA and meta-virome sequencing were used to analyze the rectum microbes change of weaned piglets during the weaning transition. The results showed that, the α diversity of rectum microbiota was increased post-weaning and the β diversity analysis indicated a significant change in community structure (P < 0.05). What's more, the relative abundance of Firmicutes (P < 0.05), Lactobacillus (P < 0.01) and Limosilactobacillus (P < 0.01) were increased significantly, while the relative abundance of Bacteroidetes (P < 0.05) decreased significatly compared with that of pre-weaning; Meta-virome sequencing illustrated that there was no significant change in α diversity of the virus before and after weaning, but the virome structure changed significantly (P < 0.05). Especially, the relative abundance of Caudoviricetes and Microviridae are having a significant increase after weaning (P < 0.05); Moreover, the intestinal phages interacted with specific bacterial communities, and there was a significant positive correlation between the Akkermansiaceae and Caudovirales family phages (P < 0.05). In summary, the study demonstrated that the effects of weaning stress on the rectum microbiota and virome of piglets and provide new insights into the interactions between rectum microbiota and virome in local pig species, which is benificial in promoting the protection and utilization of local pig breeds in China.

Key words: Chalu black pig, weaning stress, virome, microbiome

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