Causality and gut bacterial transfer between maternal and her offspring under livestock grazing management conditions

August 29, 2024

Evaluating the environmental factors influencing the functional independence of calves' gut microbiota through computational methods provides insights into livestock management

The causal structure of the gut microbiota of maternal and her offspring under livestock grazing management has been evaluated using computational methods. This research, led by an industry-academia joint research team consisting of the Graduate School of Kyushu University, the Agricultural Information Research Center of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), the RIKEN CSRS, the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, the Chiba University venture Thermus Corporation, and Keiyo Gas Energy Solutions Co., has provided insights for feed management. Previous efforts to investigate the relationship between maternal-offspring gut microbiota had typically been conducted in closed systems. Therefore, there has been a need for knowledge derived from evaluation systems under open system environment in livestock grazing management.

Original article

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Reports
doi: 10.1016/j.csbr.2024.100012

Y. Taguchi, A. Kurotani, H. Yamano, H. Miyamoto, T. Kato, N. Tsuji, M. Matsuura, T. Nakaguma, T. Etoh, Y. Shiotsuka, R. Fujino, M. Udagawa, J. Kikuchi, H. Ohno, H. Takahashi,

"Causal estimation of maternal-offspring gut commensal bacterial associations under livestock grazing management conditions".

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Jun Kikuchi
Team Leader
Environmental Metabolic Analysis Research Team