E. Jacotot

TL;DR: In this paper, eight horses were allotted into pairs consisting of one cecum-and right ventral colon-fistu-lated animal and one colostrum-and colon-fed animal, each of which was fed daily at the same level of intake either a high-fiber (HF) or high-starch (HS) diet without or with 10 go f aSaccharomyces cerevisiae preparation.

TL;DR: As the proportion of barley increased, concentration of lactate-utilizing bacteria, lactobacilli and streptococci increased in the colon while it did not interfere significantly on these populations in the cecum, and changes of the microflora were associated with a significant decrease in intestinal pH and [(acetate+butyrate)/propionate] ratio, and a numerical increase of lactates.

TL;DR: The stomach ecosystem seemed the most affected by the composition of the last pelleted meal ingested : the stomach and the small intestine tended to host the greatest numbers of these bacteria, which suggests a high interference of micro-organisms with the digestion of readily fermentable carbohydrates.

TL;DR: The colon appeared to be the main site affected by the abrupt incorporation of readily fermentable carbohydrates in the diet, and this section of the digestive tract needs further exploration to establish the linkage between the changes of the ecosystem as reported here, and the apparition of intestinal disorders.

TL;DR: Results indicate that both antibiotic- and diet-induced dysbiosis resulted in a local translocation of LPS two days after the cessation of the stressor treatments, suggesting an impairment of intestinal permeability, without detectable local inflammation.