This work was partially supported by the funds from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31772819 and 31972600), Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars (2019JJ30012), and Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department (18B098).
机构署名：
本校为第一且通讯机构
院系归属：
动物科学技术学院
摘要：
Recent evidences suggest that gut microbiota plays an important role in regulating physiological and metabolic activities of pregnant sows, and β-carotene has a potentially positive effect on reproduction, but the impact of β-carotene on gut microbiota in pregnant sows remains unknown. This study aimed to explore the effect and mechanisms of β-carotene on the reproductive performance of sows from the aspect of gut microbiota. A total of 48 hybrid pregnant sows (Landrace × Yorkshire) with similar parity were randomly allocated into three gro...
