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Abrupt dietary transition, reduced feed intake, environmental stressors, and pathogen exposure can collectively interfere with gut microbial succession, epithelial barrier maturation, mucosal immune homeostasis, and neuroendocrine regulation, thereby increasing the susceptibility of piglets to post-weaning diarrhea, intestinal inflammation, and growth retardation. Gut microorganisms contribute to intestinal homeostasis by regulating epithelial renewal, barrier function, immune tolerance, inflammatory thresholds, and host metabolic adaptation through diverse microbial-derived signals, including short-chain fatty acids, tryptophan metabolites, bile acid derivatives, and amino acid-derived metabolites. Conversely, the host actively shapes microbial composition, spatial organization, and functional activity through mucins, antimicrobial peptides, secretory immunoglobulin A, intestinal alkaline phosphatase, epithelial oxygen gradients, and genetic factors. Dysregulation of these bidirectional interactions under weaning stress may shift the intestinal ecosystem from a homeostatic state toward dysbiosis and inflammation. In this review, we summarize current knowledge regarding the establishment and succession of the piglet gut microbiota, the molecular mechanisms underlying host\u2013microbiota crosstalk, the disruption of these interaction networks during weaning stress, and the application of multi-omics approaches to decipher causal mechanisms. We further discuss microbiota-targeted nutritional strategies, including probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, postbiotics, functional amino acids, trace elements, and bioactive compounds, for improving intestinal health in weaned piglets. 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