Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco 10095, Italy.
AB Neo a/s, Videbaek, Denmark.
Poult Sci. 2023 May;102(5):102578. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102578. Epub 2023 Feb 11.
The development of a healthy gut during prestarter and starter phases is crucial to drive chicken's productivity. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a thermomechanical, enzyme-facilitated, coprocessed yeast and soybean meal (pYSM) on growth performance, organ weights, leg health, and gut development in broiler chickens. A total of 576 as-hatched broiler chicks were randomly allotted to 3 dietary treatments (8 replicates/treatment, 24 chickens/replicate): a control group (C) without the pYSM, a treatment group 1 (T1), in which the pSYM was included at 20, 10, 5, 0, and 0% levels in the prestarter, starter, grower, finisher I, and finisher II feeding phases, respectively, and a treatment group 2 (T2), in which the pSYM was included at 5, 5, 5, 0, and 0% levels in each feeding phase. On d 3 and 10, 16 broilers/treatment were euthanized. The T1 broilers tended to show higher live weight (d 3 and 7) and average daily gain (prestarter and starter phases) than the other groups (P ≤ 0.10). Differently, pYSM-based diets did not influence the growth performance of the other feeding phases and the whole experimental period (P > 0.05). Relative weights of pancreas and liver were also unaffected by pYSM utilization (P > 0.05). Litter quality tended to have higher average scores in C group (P = 0.079), but no differences were observed for leg health (P > 0.05). Histomorphometry of gut, liver, and bursa of Fabricius was not affected by diet (P > 0.05). Gut immunity was driven to an anti-inflammatory pattern, with the reduction of IL-2, INF-γ, and TNF-α in the duodenum of treated birds (d 3, P < 0.05). Also, MUC-2 was greater in the duodenum of C and T2 group when compared to T1 (d 3, P = 0.016). Finally, T1-fed chickens displayed greater aminopeptidase activity in the duodenum (d 3 and 10, P < 0.05) and jejunum (d 3, P < 0.05). Feeding high levels of pYSM (10-20%) to broilers in the first 10 d tended to improve growth performance in the prestarter and starter phases. It also positively downregulated proinflammatory cytokines during the first 3 d, as well as stimulated the aminopeptidase activity in the prestarter and starter periods.
在预饲期和开食期形成健康的肠道对于推动鸡的生产性能至关重要。本研究旨在评估一种热机械、酶促共加工酵母和大豆粉(pYSM)对肉鸡生长性能、器官重量、腿部健康和肠道发育的影响。将 576 只刚出壳的肉鸡随机分配到 3 种饮食处理组(8 个重复/处理,每个重复 24 只鸡):对照组(C)不添加 pYSM、处理组 1(T1),pYSM 分别以 20%、10%、5%、0%和 0%的水平添加到预饲期、开食期、生长期、育肥期 I 和育肥期 II 饲养阶段,处理组 2(T2),pYSM 分别以 5%、5%、5%、0%和 0%的水平添加到每个饲养阶段。在第 3 天和第 10 天,每组处死 16 只肉鸡。与其他组相比,T1 组肉鸡在第 3 天和第 7 天的活重和平均日增重(预饲期和开食期)较高(P≤0.10)。然而,基于 pYSM 的日粮对其他饲养阶段和整个实验期的生长性能没有影响(P>0.05)。胰腺和肝脏的相对重量也不受 pYSM 利用的影响(P>0.05)。垫料质量在 C 组的平均得分较高(P=0.079),但腿部健康状况没有差异(P>0.05)。日粮对肠道、肝脏和法氏囊的组织形态学没有影响(P>0.05)。肠道免疫被诱导为抗炎模式,与处理组鸟类的十二指肠中 IL-2、INF-γ 和 TNF-α 减少(第 3 天,P<0.05)。此外,与 T1 组相比,C 组和 T2 组的十二指肠中 MUC-2 更高(第 3 天,P=0.016)。最后,T1 组鸡的十二指肠(第 3 天和第 10 天,P<0.05)和空肠(第 3 天,P<0.05)的氨基肽酶活性更高。在最初的 10 天内,给肉鸡饲喂高水平的 pYSM(10-20%),可以提高预饲期和开食期的生长性能。它还在最初的 3 天内积极地下调了促炎细胞因子,同时在预饲期和开食期刺激了氨基肽酶的活性。