Late lactation represents the main window for sow-to-piglet transmission of persistent gut strains
Maelle Pomies, Gabryelle Agoutin, Lucas Auer…·Sylvie Combes
Long-read 16S-ITS-23S tracking in 17 sow-piglet families shows maternal putative-strain sharing peaks in late lactation, which supplies most maternally derived strains persisting post-weaning.