التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: |
Dietary supplementation of water extract of Eucommia ulmoides bark improved caecal microbiota and parameters of health in white‐feathered broilers. |
المؤلفون: |
Lu, Min, Zhao, Zhong‐Tao, Xin, Ye, Chen, Guoxun, Yang, Fang |
المصدر: |
Journal of Animal Physiology & Animal Nutrition; May2024, Vol. 108 Issue 3, p816-838, 23p |
مصطلحات موضوعية: |
EUCOMMIA ulmoides, DIETARY supplements, POULTRY growth, EXOCRINE secretions, CIRCADIAN rhythms, GLUTATHIONE peroxidase, GUT microbiome, INTESTINES |
مصطلحات جغرافية: |
CHINA |
مستخلص: |
Eucommia ulmoides has been used as a food and medicine homologue for a long time in China. We hypothesize that Eucommia ulmoides achieves its health‐promoting effects via altering gut microbiota. Here, we investigated the effects of water extract of Eucommia ulmoides bark on caecal microbiota and growth performance, antioxidant activity, and immunity in white‐feathered broilers treated for 42 days. A total of 108 one‐day‐old Cobb white‐feathered broilers were randomly assigned to three treatment groups: control diet, 0.75% Eucommia ulmoides diet (EU Ⅰ) and 1.5% Eucommia ulmoides diet (EU Ⅱ). The results showed that EU Ⅱ treatment improved average body weight (ABW), thigh muscle quality and total length of intestines, and decreased the serum total triglycerides and total cholesterol (TC) (p < 0.05). Eucommia ulmoides supplementation increased serum superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH‐Px), total antioxidant activities and content of immunoglobulins, and reduced levels of malondialdehyde and tumour necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α) (p < 0.05). Moreover, the supplementation increased the diversity of caecal microbiota and reduced the pathogenic genera Escherichia Shigella and Helicobacter. The genera Ochrobactrum, Odoribater, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Georgenia and Bifidobacterium were positively associated with the ABW, total intestinal length, serum levels of GSH‐Px, SOD and immunoglobulins (p < 0.001) and negatively associated with the TC and TNF‐α (p < 0.01), suggesting an association of the changes of gut microbiota and improvement of broiler health. Meanwhile, Eucommia ulmoides supplementation enriched the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway of exocrine secretion from the pancreas, circadian entrainment and inhibited lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis. In conclusion, Eucommia ulmoides water extract can be used as a feed additive to improve poultry industry production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |