Abstract:
:Gastrointestinal microbiota play a key role in the nutrients digestion and hence maintaining animal health and welfare. The diet offered to the animals in captivity may differ considerably from that on natural pastures. In a stabled maintenance system, horses have a limited choice of habitat and feed. Time spend for feeding is relevant for equine welfare because the reduction of the time devoted for foraging may be responsible for inducing gastric inflammation and ulceration. Therefore, in the present study, it was hypothesized that fecal bacterial fermentative processes differ between free-roaming and stabled Konik Polski Horses (KPHs) with respect to microbial enzymatic activity, and thus the fecal concentration of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), which can be further utilized for assessing the feeding behavior and welfare in free-roaming versus stabled horses. The SCFA concentration and profile, as well as the extracellular and intracellular activities of selected bacterial enzymes, were characterized in horse feces collected during the winter and summer feeding seasons. The results showed higher enzymatic activity and SCFA production in the feces excreted by free-roaming versus stabled horses, especially during summer. An increase in pasture plant diversity may be beneficial for the gastrointestinal microbiota and hence for maintaining health and welfare.
journal_name
Anim Sci Jjournal_title
Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaihoauthors
Juśkiewicz J,Fotschki B,Jaworska J,Siemieniuch Mdoi
10.1111/asj.13603keywords:
["Konik Polski horses","diet","microbial fermentative processes","nutrition","short-chain fatty acids"]subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2021-12-01 00:00:00pages
e13603issue
1eissn
1344-3941issn
1740-0929journal_volume
92pub_type
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