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Menghua Kong1,2, Zhangyuan Pan3, Xu Wang1,2
1College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China.
Frontiers in microbiology
|February 9, 2026
Resumen
Las diferencias microbianas y metabólicas en las ovejas.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias de los animales Ciencias de los animales.
- Microbiología Microbiología.
- La Metabolomía es una parte de la Metabolomía.
Sus antecedentes:
- La ingesta de alimento residual (RFI) es una métrica crucial para la eficiencia alimentaria en los rumiantes.
- Comprender los fundamentos microbianos y metabólicos de la RFI puede optimizar la producción ganadera.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el papel de los microbios y metabolitos del rumen y del recto en la determinación de la eficiencia de los piensos (RFI) en las ovejas.
- Identificar biomarcadores microbianos y vías metabólicas asociadas con fenotipos de RFI altos y bajos.
Principales métodos:
- Se realizó secuenciación metagenómica y metabolómica no dirigida en el rumen y el contenido rectal de ovejas con alto RFI y bajo RFI.
- El análisis LEfSe identificó biomarcadores microbianos, y el enriquecimiento KEGG analizó las vías metabólicas.
- El análisis integrado relacionó taxones microbianos con metabolitos para comprender las redes reguladoras.
Principales resultados:
- Se encontraron diferencias significativas en la composición microbiana y los perfiles metabólicos entre las ovejas con alto RFI y las con bajo RFI tanto en el rumen como en el recto.
- Los taxones microbianos específicos (por ejemplo, las especies de Ruminococcus) y las vías metabólicas (por ejemplo, el metabolismo de los aminoácidos, el metabolismo energético) se asociaron con los niveles de RFI.
- El rumen y el recto mostraron distintas firmas microbianas y metabólicas relacionadas con la eficiencia del pienso.
Conclusiones:
- La microbiota y los metabólitos rumen y rectales desempeñan funciones distintas en la regulación de la eficiencia alimentaria en las ovejas.
- Los hallazgos proporcionan información sobre las complejas interacciones que influyen en el RFI y sugieren objetivos para estrategias nutricionales para mejorar la producción de rumiantes.
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