The perinatal period of sows is usually defined as ten days before or after delivery, and it is a very specific and critical high-risk period in the reproductive cycle of sows. The perinatal sows are prone to oxidative stress due to drastic changes in physiological metabolism and nutritional needs, which causes gut microbiota disorders in sows and even further can lead to energy imbalance. The characteristic changes of gut microbiota may be an important exogenous factor that exacerbates energy metabolism disorder in sows, which makes the gut microbiota is an important target for regulating ene...
