Intestinal Structure and Function of Broiler Chickens on Diets Supplemented with a Synbiotic Containing Enterococcus faecium and Oligosaccharides
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Birds, Housing and Diets
2.2. Traits
2.2.1. Performance and morphology of the intestinal tract
2.2.2. Electrophysiological Parameters and Nutrient Transport Activity
2.3. Statistics
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
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Ingredient | Starter | Grower |
---|---|---|
Corn | 57.93 | 59.75 |
Soya HP | 31.25 | 29.60 |
Soya oil | 2.50 | 2.00 |
Megafat | 1.25 | 2.50 |
Monocalciumphosphate | 0.25 | |
Lysine | 0.38 | 0.15 |
Methionin | 0.08 | |
Threonine | 0.13 | |
Premixa | 6.25 | 6.00 |
Calculated composition b | ||
Dry matter | 88.7 | 89.1 |
Crude protein | 22.1 | 21.5 |
ME (MJ/kg) | 14.28 | 14.66 |
Crude fat | 7.6 | 8.4 |
Ca | 1.56 | 1.41 |
P | 0.97 | 0.83 |
Na | 0.30 | 0.28 |
Mg | 0.32 | 0.28 |
Dietary treatment
| ||||
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Parameters | Control | Synbiotic | SEM | P Value |
Initial body weight | 40.32 | 40.29 | 0.2 | 0.955 |
Final Body Weight at day 35 | 1754 b | 1847 a | 8 | 0.001 |
Daily weight gain | 49 b | 52 a | 0.2 | 0.001 |
Dietary treatment
| ||||
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Parameters | Control | Synbiotic | SEM | P Value |
1- Duodenum | ||||
Villus height (μm) | 1,640 | 1,647 | 14 | 0.823 |
Crypt depth (μm) | 149 | 149 | 2 | 0.873 |
Villus height/crypt depth | 11.45 | 12.00 | 0.2 | 0.135 |
2- Ileum | ||||
Villus height (μm) | 614 b | 774 a | 9 | 0.001 |
Crypt depth (μm) | 128 a | 117 b | 1 | 0.001 |
Villus height/crypt depth | 4.86b | 7.13a | 0.1 | 0.001 |
Dietary treatment
| ||||
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Parameters | Control | Synbiotic | SEM | P Value |
1- Jejunum | ||||
Basal Isc (μA/cm2) | 22a | −3b | 6 | 0.038 |
Isc after glucose addition(μA/cm2) | 32a | 7b | 6 | 0.030 |
Δ Isc1 (μA/cm2) | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0.955 |
2- Colon | ||||
Basal Isc (μA/cm2) | 7 | 11 | 19 | 0.942 |
Isc after glucose addition(μA/cm2) | 46 | 47a | 17 | 0.994 |
Δ Isc1 (μA/cm2) | 39 | 38 | 7 | 0.961 |
Dietary treatment
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Parameters | Control | Synbiotic | SEM | P Value |
1- Jejunum | ||||
Basal Gt (mS/cm2) | 2.87 a | 2.30 b | 0.3 | 0.036 |
Gt after glucose addition (mS/cm2) | 2.86 | 2.33 | 0.4 | 0.131 |
2- Colon | ||||
Basal Gt (mS/cm2) | 8.27 | 6.69 | 0.6 | 0.316 |
Gt after glucose addition (mS/cm2) | 7.97 | 6.56 | 0.7 | 0.388 |
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Awad, W.; Ghareeb, K.; Böhm, J. Intestinal Structure and Function of Broiler Chickens on Diets Supplemented with a Synbiotic Containing Enterococcus faecium and Oligosaccharides. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 2205-2216. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms9112205
Awad W, Ghareeb K, Böhm J. Intestinal Structure and Function of Broiler Chickens on Diets Supplemented with a Synbiotic Containing Enterococcus faecium and Oligosaccharides. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2008; 9(11):2205-2216. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms9112205
Chicago/Turabian StyleAwad, Wageha, Khaled Ghareeb, and Josef Böhm. 2008. "Intestinal Structure and Function of Broiler Chickens on Diets Supplemented with a Synbiotic Containing Enterococcus faecium and Oligosaccharides" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 9, no. 11: 2205-2216. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms9112205
APA StyleAwad, W., Ghareeb, K., & Böhm, J. (2008). Intestinal Structure and Function of Broiler Chickens on Diets Supplemented with a Synbiotic Containing Enterococcus faecium and Oligosaccharides. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 9(11), 2205-2216. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms9112205