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Effects of dietary chito-oligosaccharide and β-glucan on the water environment and gut microbiota, intestinal morphology, immune response, and meat quality of Chinese soft-shell turtles (Pelodiscus sinensis)

ABSTRACT: Effects of dietary chito-oligosaccharide and β-glucan on the water environment and gut microbiota, intestinal morphology, immune response, and meat quality of Chinese soft-shell turtles (Pelodiscus sinensis)

PROVIDER: PRJEB65072 | ENA |

REPOSITORIES: ENA

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Project description:BackgroundChinese soft-shell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) is an important commercial species for their high nutritional value and unique taste, but it has been a vulnerable species due to habitat loss. In this study, homologous juvenile turtles were allocated to lake, pond and paddy field to investigate the habitat effects on turtles.ResultsThe growth, morphology and gut microbial communities were monitored during the 4 months cultural period. It showed higher growth rate of turtles in paddy field and pond. The appearance, visceral coefficients, gut morphology and microbial communities in turtles were distinct among different habitats. The microbial community richness on Chao1 was obviously lower in initial turtle guts from greenhouses, whereas it was relative higher in turtle guts sampled from paddy fields than ponds and lake. Significant differences on dominant microbes were found among initial and subsequent samples from different habitats. Firmicutes was the most abundant phylum in the guts of turtles sampled from the greenhouse initially, while Proteobacteria was the most abundant phylum after cultivation in different habitats, followed by Bacteroidetes. The microbial composition were distinct in different habitats at 60d, and the appearance of dominant phyla and genera was more driven by sampling time than habitats at 120d. Both the sampling time and habitats affected the appearance of dominant phyla and genera during the cultivation. The functional predictions indicated that both habitat type and sampling time had significant effects on metabolic pathways, especially amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism.ConclusionsThe turtles could adapt to natural lakes, artificial ponds and paddy fields. The gut microbial abundance was different among the habitats and sampling time. The species of microbes were significantly more diverse in paddy field specimens than in those from ponds and lakes. Rice-turtle coculture is a potential ecological and economic farming mode that plays important roles in wild turtle protection and food security.

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Effects of dietary chito-oligosaccharide and β-glucan on the water environment and gut microbiota, intestinal morphology, immune response, and meat quality of Chinese soft-shell turtles (Pelodiscus sinensis)

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