Sheep and cow milk differentially modify infant faecal bacteria Natalie Ahlborn, Wayne Young, Linda Samuelsson
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Sheep and cow milk differentially modify infant faecal bacteriaNatalie Ahlborn, Wayne Young, Linda Samuelsson
Differences in milks – different enough?Cow milk Sheep milk Sheep milk vs.
cow milkTotal solids (%) 13 18 + 39 %
Fat (%) 3.6 7.9 + 119 %
Protein (%) 3.2 6.2 + 94 %
- Casein (%) 2.7 4.2 + 56 %
- Whey (%) 0.6 1.0 + 67 %
Lactose (%) 4.7 4.9 + 4 %
Calcium (mg/100g) 112.0 197.5 + 76 %
Magnesium (mg/100g) 11.0 19.5 + 77 %
Phosphorus (mg/100g) 91.0 141.0 + 56 %
Vitamin C (mg/100g) 1.0 4.6 + 360 %
Gut microbiome: small bugs, big
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1. Stomach:Milk combined with enzymes and simulated digestive fluidsà ‘digests’2. Small intestine:
Digests into dialysis tubingà ‘digests’ minus small molecules
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Sheep and cow milk differentially modulate microbial composition: 1 month baby
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Are milk compositional differences enough to drive differences in gut microbiome?
Our in vitro faecal fermentation of sheep and cow milk showed:
• Significant differences in abundances of bacterial groups, driven by ‘feeding’ of different milks
• The specificity of the gut microbiome to an individual
• The starter microbiome of each individual determines the extent of potential effects of sheep milk and cow milk
Sheep milk and cow milk differentially modify infant faecal bacteria
• Sheep milk clearly affects the microbiome differently to cow milk
• Different milks may have the potential to affect health differently through modulation of the microbiome
• Future research: to determine health effects as a result of milk-driven gut microbiome modification?
MBIE programme:‘Boosting exports of the emerging NZ dairy sheep
industry’
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