断奶前后非特异病原性腹泻羔羊生长生理及肠道菌群差异性比较

目的]羔羊腹泻是由病原微生物、营养改变、环境应激等多因素互作所致的新生和断奶时期危害羔羊生长的临床常见病之一.对断奶前后腹泻羔羊的生长生理与肠道菌群变化与其同期健康羔羊进行比较.为不同生长阶段羔羊腹泻的针对性防治研究奠定科学基础.方法]在对羔羊腹泻进行临床调查的基础上,随机选择断奶前(31—45日龄)健康和腹泻羔羊...

Comparison of Growth Physiology and Gut Microbiota Between Healthy and Diarrheic Lambs in Pre- and Post-Weaning Period

【Objective】Lamb diarrhea is one of the common clinical diseases caused by the certain pathogens or the interaction with malnutrition, abnormal management, and environmental stress during newborn and weaning periods, which hazards the lamb production. There is lack of enough investigation about the differences of lambs' physio-biochemistry with their gut microbiota caused by diarrhea between suckling and weaned periods. Therefore, this study was intended to compare the growth physiology with gut microbiota of diarrheic lambs in pre-and post-weaning period, so as to lay a scientific foundation for prevention and treatment of lamb diarrhea occurred at different growth stages precisely and effectively. 【Method】10 suckling healthy lambs and 10 diarrheic lambs at age of 31-45 day, and another 10 weaned healthy lambs and 10 diarrheic lambs at age of 60-75 day were selected and paired to check the growth status, blood physio-biochemistry and inflammatory factors. The rectal fecal samples were used to analyze gut microbiota composition and structure using 16S rRNA. 【Result】1. There was no significant difference in body weight between healthy and diarrhea lambs before weaning, but after weaning, the body weight of diarrheic lambs was extremely lower than that of healthy lambs (P<0.01), and the body temperature, pulse and respiratory rate of diarrheic lambs were also significantly lower than those of healthy lambs (P<0.05). 2. Before weaning, the total protein, globulin, and cholesterol in diarrheic lambs were significantly lower than those in healthy lambs (P<0.05). After weaning, the total number of leukocytes in diarrheic lambs was extremely higher than that of healthy lambs (P<0.01). And the blood urea, nitrogen, creatinine, phosphorus, glucose and total bilirubin in diarrheic lambs were significantly lower than those in healthy lambs (P<0.05). After weaning, IL-4, IL-6 and IL-8 in diarrheic lambs were significantly higher than those in healthy lambs (P<0.05). 3. The percentage of common OTUs in the gut of healthy and diarrheic lambs after weaning was almost as doubled as that before weaning. Alpha diversity of the gut microbiota in diarrheic lambs before weaning was significantly reduced as compared to their healthy counterpart (P<0.05). And Beta diversity of the gut microbiota weighted PCoA in diarrheic lambs before weaning was significantly different from that in the healthy lambs (Weighted UniFrac Adonis and Anosim tests, P<0.05). At phylum level: before weaning, the relative abundance of Fusobacteria was significantly increased (P<0.05), whereas that of Verrucomicrobia and Actinobacteria was significantly decreased in the gut of diarrheic lambs as compared to their healthy counterpart (P<0.05). After weaning, the relative abundance of Lentisphaerae and Actinobacteria was significantly reduced as compared to their healthy counterpart (P<0.05). At genus level: before weaning, the relative abundance of Fusobacterium and Clostridium were significantly increased, while Akkermansia, Desulfovibrio and Butyricimonas were significantly decreased in the gut of diarrheic lambs as compared to their healthy counterpart (P<0.05). After weaning, the relative abundance of Ruminococcus was significantly decreased, while Desulfovibrio significantly was increased in the gut of diarrheic lambs as compared to their healthy counterpart (P<0.05). 【Conclusion】It was concluded that before weaning the content of blood proteins and the blood fat decreased significantly, whereas after weaning, the elevation of white blood cells and the decrease of CREA, UREA and the blood glucose was significant in diarrheic lambs. Before weaning, the more obvious gut microbiota dysbiosis was observed, whereas after weaning more significant gut inflammatory activity was observed in diarrheic lambs. The ration structure and the environment during weaning time could be the crucial factors for shifting aforementioned differences.