Table 8 The effect of maternal diet on the bacterial abundance at family level in sow and piglet faeces (%, least squares means)

Sow at farrowing

 Firmicutes

Oscillospiraceae

4.21

8.15

0.776

0.003

Lactobacillaceae

2.81

0.72

0.410

0.031

Lachnospiraceae

2.93

0.41

0.371

0.002

Christensenellaceae

2.44

4.41

0.579

0.031

 Bacteroidetes

Rikenellaceae

8.74

13.15

1.041

0.008

 Proteobacteria

Enterobacteriaceae

6.42

3.27

0.686

0.006

Piglet at d 10 postpartum

 Firmicutes

Oscillospiraceae

7.47

4.64

0.706

0.008

 Bacteroidetes

Bacteroidaceae

6.00

8.88

0.784

0.017

Muribaculaceae

10.48

3.39

0.733

< 0.001

Tannerellaceae

1.18

2.69

0.473

0.017

Piglet at weaning (d 26)

 Firmicutes

Lactobacillaceae

7.38

10.98

1.032

0.029

 Bacteroidetes

Prevotellaceae

8.65

4.87

0.855

0.009

Muribaculaceae

5.43

8.80

0.904

0.030

Rikenellaceae

23.53

15.74

1.468

0.002