PMID- 32849405
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20210308
IS  - 1664-302X (Print)
IS  - 1664-302X (Electronic)
IS  - 1664-302X (Linking)
VI  - 11
DP  - 2020
TI  - The Composition and Function of Pigeon Milk Microbiota Transmitted From Parent 
      Pigeons to Squabs.
PG  - 1789
LID - 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01789 [doi]
LID - 1789
AB  - Mammalian neonates obtain antibodies, nutrients, and microbiota from breast milk 
      that help them resist the complex growth environment. Similar to mammals' 
      lactation behavior for their offspring, parent pigeons regurgitate pigeon milk 
      (PM) from their crops to feed the squabs. Whether pigeon milk is as valuable as 
      mammalian milk is not clear, especially in terms of microbiota. This study 
      adopted 16S rRNA gene sequencing to investigate the microbial composition and 
      function in pigeon milk. We found abundant microbiota in pigeon milk. The 
      dominant genera in parent pigeons' milk were Lactobacillus, Enterococcus, 
      Veillonella, and Bifidobacterium. An analysis of squab milk (SM) showed that 
      Lactobacillus also accounted for a considerable proportion, followed by 
      Bifidobacterium. Most of the squab milk microbial genera were also detected in 
      parent pigeons. Microbial functional analysis showed that the squab milk microbes 
      were more involved in the pathways of carbohydrate metabolism, amino acid 
      metabolism, and energy metabolism. These findings indicated that microbiota play 
      an important role in squabs and can be transmitted from parent pigeons to squabs 
      by pigeon milk. The presence of plentiful probiotics in squabs also suggests that 
      adding probiotics in artificial pigeon milk may promote the growth and 
      development of squabs and improve the production performance of pigeons.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Ding, Liao, Zheng, Yang, Zhou, Xu, Han, Luo, Qin, Tang, Wei and 
      Meng.
FAU - Ding, Jinmei
AU  - Ding J
AD  - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal 
      Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 
      Shanghai, China.
FAU - Liao, Nan
AU  - Liao N
AD  - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal 
      Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 
      Shanghai, China.
FAU - Zheng, Yuming
AU  - Zheng Y
AD  - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal 
      Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 
      Shanghai, China.
FAU - Yang, Lingyu
AU  - Yang L
AD  - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal 
      Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 
      Shanghai, China.
FAU - Zhou, Hao
AU  - Zhou H
AD  - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal 
      Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 
      Shanghai, China.
FAU - Xu, Ke
AU  - Xu K
AD  - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal 
      Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 
      Shanghai, China.
FAU - Han, Chengxiao
AU  - Han C
AD  - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal 
      Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 
      Shanghai, China.
FAU - Luo, Huaixi
AU  - Luo H
AD  - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal 
      Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 
      Shanghai, China.
FAU - Qin, Chao
AU  - Qin C
AD  - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal 
      Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 
      Shanghai, China.
FAU - Tang, Chunhong
AU  - Tang C
AD  - Shanghai Xinrong Big Emperor Pigeon Breeding Professional Cooperation, Shanghai, 
      China.
FAU - Wei, Longxing
AU  - Wei L
AD  - Fengxian District Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Shanghai, China.
FAU - Meng, He
AU  - Meng H
AD  - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Department of Animal 
      Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 
      Shanghai, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200804
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Microbiol
JT  - Frontiers in microbiology
JID - 101548977
EIN - Front Microbiol. 2021 Feb 18;12:641828. PMID: 33679678
PMC - PMC7417789
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - composition
OT  - function
OT  - microbiota
OT  - parent pigeons
OT  - pigeon milk
OT  - squabs
OT  - transmitted
EDAT- 2020/08/28 06:00
MHDA- 2020/08/28 06:01
PMCR- 2020/08/04
CRDT- 2020/08/28 06:00
PHST- 2020/05/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/07/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/08/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/08/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/08/28 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/08/04 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01789 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Microbiol. 2020 Aug 4;11:1789. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01789. eCollection 
      2020.