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Multi-omic analysis for dietary supplementation of different ratios of soluble and insoluble fiber on intestinal microbiota, metabolites and inflammation of weaned piglets
Yetong Xu, Chengyu Zhou, Yingying Lu, Xutong Guo, Minyue Zong, Junwei Zhu, Pan Zhou, Jiaman Pang, Xie Peng, Zhihong Sun
2026, 25 (4): 1606-1618.   DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2025.05.013
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Different types of dietary fiber (DF) play important roles in enhancing intestinal health and overall performance in animals.  This study investigated the effects of high-DF diets containing different ratios of soluble to insoluble dietary fiber (SDF:IDF) on growth performance, intestinal barrier integrity, microbiota, and metabolite profiles in weaned piglets.  The four dietary treatments consisted of a basal diet (CON) and three high-DF diets with SDF:IDF ratios of 0.37, 0.25, and 0.13 (designated HF-0.37, HF-0.25, and HF-0.13, respectively).  On days 14 and 28, colonic tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, and interleukin-8 concentrations were higher in the HF-0.37 group than in the CON, HF-0.25, and HF-0.13 groups (P<0.05).  Plasma D-lactate and endotoxin levels were lower in the HF-0.25 group compared to the CON group at both time points (P<0.05).  Furthermore, colonic zonula occludens 1 expression was upregulated in the HF-0.25 and HF-0.13 groups compared to the CON and HF-0.37 groups on day 14 (P<0.05).  At the transcriptional level, all three high-DF diets modulated signaling pathways associated with inflammation and immune responses in the colon.  Notably, DF supplementation particularly the HF-0.25 diet upregulated colonic levels of 3-indole butyric acid, nicotinic acid, and 3-methylthiopropylamine on d 14 and reduced certain peptide levels by d 28.  These findings indicate that DF supplementation, especially at an SDF:IDF ratio of 0.25, exerts beneficial effects on intestinal integrity in weaned piglets, potentially mediated by alterations in colonic metabolite profiles, whereas HF-0.37 and HF-0.13 exhibited limited impacts on intestinal barrier function.

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High-fidelity gut metagenome: A new insight of identification of fuctional probiotics
Yuhui Wang, Peiwen Gao, Chenying Li, Yuxi Lu, Yubo Zhang, Yu Zhou, Siyuan Kong
2026, 25 (4): 1330-1342.   DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2024.05.011
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Probiotics are considered to exert beneficial effects in humans and animals by modulating the structure and metabolic functions of the gut microbiota.  Therefore, the identification of functional probiotics and in-depth exploration of the characteristics and applicability of probiotics are of paramount significance for the development of more effective probiotic products and the formulation of personalized probiotic treatment strategies in the fields of human health and livestock farming.  However, due to current limitations in sequencing technologies and considering that microbial communities may encompass closely related lineages, rendering metagenome assembly complex, the generation of complete metagenome-assembled genomes (cMAGs) is hindered.  This limitation constrains our comprehensive resolution at the probiotic strain level.  In this review, we summarized the effects of probiotics on gut microbiota balance and host health from a functional perspective.  The technical methods of functional probiotics identification were summarized from the technical point of view.  Furthermore, we introduced methods for microbial metagenome assembly to elucidate the associated progress and advantages and disadvantages of these approaches.  Finally, we highlight more advanced metagenomic assembly techniques that may help us assemble high-fidelity intestinal metagenomes, providing powerful tools for the identification of functional probiotics.
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Identification of a multidrug-resistant porcine Proteus vulgaris harbouring a plasmid-borne cfr gene
Jie Hou, Qiu Xu, Stefan Schwarz, Longyu Zhou, Jiyun Chai, Longhua Lin, Caiping Ma, Yao Zhu, Wanjiang Zhang
2025, 24 (7): 2881-2884.   DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2024.11.021
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GWAS analysis reveals candidate genes associated with density tolerance (ear leaf structure) in maize (Zea mays L.)
Chunxiang Li, Yongfeng Song, Yong Zhu, Mengna Cao, Xiao Han, Jinsheng Fan, Zhichao Lü, Yan Xu, Yu Zhou, Xing Zeng, Lin Zhang, Ling Dong, Dequan Sun, Zhenhua Wang, Hong Di
2025, 24 (6): 2046-2062.   DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2024.01.023
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Planting density is a major limiting factor for maize yield, and breeding for density tolerance has become an urgent issue.  The leaf structure of the maize ear leaf is the main factor that restricts planting density and yield components.  In this study, a natural population of 201 maize inbred lines was used for genome-wide association analysis, which identified nine SNPs on chromosomes 2, 5, 8, 9, and 10 that were significantly associated with ear leaf type structure.  Further verification through qRT-PCR confirmed the association of five candidate genes with these SNPs, with the Zm00001d008651 gene showing significant differential expression in the compact and flat maize inbred lines.  Enrichment analysis using the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and Gene Ontology (GO) databases suggested that this gene is involved in the glycolysis process.  An analysis of the basic properties of this gene revealed that it encodes a stable, basic protein consisting of 593 amino acids with some hydrophobic properties.  The promoter region contains stress and hormone (abscisic acid (ABA)) related elements.  The mutant of this gene increased the first ear leaf angle (eLA) and leaf angle of the first leaf below the first ear (bLA) by 4.96 and 0.97°, respectively, compared with normal inbred lines.  Overall, this research sheds light on the regulatory mechanism of ear and leaf structures that influence density tolerance and provides solid foundational work for the development of new varieties.

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Inactivated H9N2 vaccines developed with early strains do not protect against recent H9N2 viruses: Call for a change in H9N2 control policy

Yanjing Liu, Qingqing Yu, Xiangyu Zhou, Wenxin Li, Xinwen He, Yan Wang, Guohua Deng, Jianzhong Shi, Guobin Tian, Xianying Zeng, Hualan Chen
2024, 23 (6): 2144-2148.   DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2024.05.001
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First identification of the oxazolidinone/phenicol resistance gene optrA in Streptococcus pluranimalium worldwide
Kuan Zhao, Longyu Zhou, Shixia Zhang, Wanjiang Zhang, Yao Zhu
2024, 23 (2): 731-734.   DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2023.11.042
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