PMID- 31762123 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200601 LR - 20200601 IS - 1439-0388 (Electronic) IS - 0931-2668 (Linking) VI - 137 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan TI - Investigating the relationship between vaginal microbiota and host genetics and their impact on immune response and farrowing traits in commercial gilts. PG - 84-102 LID - 10.1111/jbg.12456 [doi] AB - Our objectives were to evaluate the interaction between host genetics and vaginal microbiota and their relationships with antibody (Ab) response to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) vaccination and farrowing performance in commercial gilts. The farrowing performance traits were number born alive, number weaning (NW), total number born, number born dead, stillborn, mummies and preweaning mortality (PWM). The vaginal microbiota was collected on days 4 (D4) and 52 (D52) after vaccination for PRRSV. Blood samples were collected on D52 for Ab measurement. Actinobacteria, Bacterioidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Tenericutes were the most abundant Phyla identified in the vaginal microbiota. Heritability ranged from ~0 to 0.60 (Fusobacterium) on D4 and from ~0 to 0.63 (Terrisporobacter) on D52, with 43 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) presenting moderate to high heritability. One major QTL on chromosome 12 was identified for 5 OTUs (Clostridiales, Acinetobacter, Ruminococcaceae, Campylobacter and Anaerococcus), among other 19 QTL. The microbiability for Ab response to PRRSV vaccination was low for both days (<0.07). For farrowing performance, microbiability varied from <0.001 to 0.15 (NW on D4). For NW and PWM, the microbiability was greater than the heritability estimates. Actinobacillus, Streptococcus, Campylobacter, Anaerococcus, Mollicutes, Peptostreptococcus, Treponema and Fusobacterium showed different abundance between low and high Ab responders. Finally, canonical discriminant analyses revealed that vaginal microbiota was able to classify gilts in high and low Ab responders to PRRSV vaccination with a misclassification rate of <0.02. Although the microbiota explained limited variation in Ab response and farrowing performance traits, there is still potential to explore the use of vaginal microbiota to explain variation in traits such as NW and PWM. In addition, these results revealed that there is a partial control of host genetic over vaginal microbiota, suggesting a possibility for genetic selection on the vaginal microbiota. CI - (c) 2019 Blackwell Verlag GmbH. FAU - Sanglard, Leticia P AU - Sanglard LP AD - Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. FAU - Schmitz-Esser, Stephan AU - Schmitz-Esser S AD - Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. AD - Interdepartmental Microbiology Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. FAU - Gray, Kent A AU - Gray KA AD - Smithfield Premium Genetic, Rose Hill, North Carolina. FAU - Linhares, Daniel C L AU - Linhares DCL AD - Department of Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. FAU - Yeoman, Carl J AU - Yeoman CJ AD - Department of Animal & Range Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana. FAU - Dekkers, Jack C M AU - Dekkers JCM AD - Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. FAU - Niederwerder, Megan C AU - Niederwerder MC AD - Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. FAU - Serao, Nick V L AU - Serao NVL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6758-208X AD - Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. LA - eng GR - Iowa Pork Producers Association/ GR - USDA-NRSP-8 Swine Genome Coordination Effort/ GR - Smithfield Premium Genetics/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191125 PL - Germany TA - J Anim Breed Genet JT - Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie JID - 100955807 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Female MH - Genome-Wide Association Study MH - Genotype MH - Host-Pathogen Interactions/*genetics/*immunology MH - *Microbiota/immunology MH - Phenotype MH - Sus scrofa/*genetics/*immunology/microbiology/virology MH - Vaccination MH - Vagina/*microbiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - GWAS OT - farrowing performance OT - heritability OT - microbiota OT - porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome EDAT- 2019/11/26 06:00 MHDA- 2020/06/02 06:00 CRDT- 2019/11/26 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/06/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/26 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/jbg.12456 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Anim Breed Genet. 2020 Jan;137(1):84-102. doi: 10.1111/jbg.12456. Epub 2019 Nov 25.