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| 1 | Effects of thymol and carvacrol supplementation on intestinal integrity and immune responses of broiler chickens challenged with Clostridium perfringens显示文摘Background: Necrotic enteritis caused by Clostridium perfringens infection leads to serious economic losses in the global poultry production. In the present study, we investigated the protective effects of essential oils(EO, which contained 25 % thymol and 25 % carvacrol as active components) supplementation on growth performance, gut lesions, intestinal morphology, and immune responses of the broiler chickens infected with C. perfringens. A total of448 1-day-old male broiler chicks were allocated into eight treatment groups following a 4 × 2 factorial arrangement with four dietary EO dosages(0, 60, 120, or 240 mg/kg) and two infection status(with or without C. perfringens challenge from d 14 to 20).Results: The challenge did not impair the growth performance of birds, but induced gut lesions and increased crypt depth in the ileum(P ≤ 0.05). It also down-regulated the claudin-1 and occludin m RNA expression(P ≤ 0.05),up-regulated the m RNA expression of interleukin-1β(P ≤ 0.05), tended to increase the toll-like receptor(TLR)2 m RNA expression(P < 0.10) in the ileum, and enhanced the mucosal secretory Ig A production(P ≤ 0.05). In the challenged birds, dietary EO supplementation linearly alleviated the gut lesions and improved the ratio of vil us height to crypt depth(P ≤ 0.05), and the supplementation of 120 and 240 mg/kg EO increased the serum antibody titers against Newcastle disease virus(P ≤ 0.05). Regardless of challenge, the EO supplementation showed a tendency to linearly elevate the feed conversion efficiency between 14 and 28 d of age as well as the occludin m RNA expression(P < 0.10), and linearly inhibited the m RNA expression of TLR2 and tumor necrotic factor-α in the ileum(P ≤ 0.05).Conclusions: The dietary supplementation of EO could alleviate the intestinal injury by improving intestinal integrity and modulating immune responses in the C. perfringens-challenged broiler chickens. | Encun Du Weiwei Wang Liping Gan Zhui Li Shuangshuang Guo Yuming Guo | 2016 | Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology2016，7，4： | 43 |
| 2 | In vitro antibacterial activity of thymol and carvacrol and their effects on broiler chickens challenged with Clostridium perfringens显示文摘Background:In the post-antibiotic era,essential oils(EO) are promising alternatives to growth-promoting antibiotics.The aim of the present study was to investigate the antibacterial activities of an EO product and its components thymol and carvacrol in vitro,and the efficacy of EO to control Clostridium perfringens challenge in broiler chickens.Results:The in vitro minimum inhibitory concentration assay showed strong antibacterial activity of the EO product,thymol,and carvacrol against pathogenic Escherichia coli,C.perfringens,and Salmonella strains,and weak activity towards beneficial Lactobacillus strains.Besides,an additive effect was observed between thymol and carvacrol.The in vivo study was carried out with 448 male broiler chicks following a 4 × 2 factorial arrangement to test the effects of EO supplementation(0,60,120,or 240 mg/kg EO in wheat-based diet),pathogen challenge(with or without oral gavage of C perfringens from day 14 to day 20) and their interactions.Each treatment consisted of eight replicate pens(seven birds/pen).The challenge led to macroscopic gut lesions,and resulted in a significant increase in ileal populations of C.perfringens and Escherichia subgroup(P< 0.05) on day 21.Dietary EO supplementation did not influence C perfringens numbers,but linearly alleviated intestinal lesions on day 21 and 28(P=0.010 and 0.036,respectively),and decreased Escherichia populations in ileum with increased EO dosages(P=0.027 and 0.071 for day 21 and 28,respectively).For caecum,EO quadratically influenced Lactobacillus populations on day 21(p=0.002),and linearly decreased the numbers of total bacteria and Escherichia on day 28(P=0.026 and 0.060,respectively).Mean thymol and carvacrol concentrations in the small intestine were 0.21 and 0.20 μg/g in intestinal digesta(wet weight),respectively,for birds fed 60 mg/kg EO,and 0.80 and 0.71 μg/g,respectively,for birds fed 240 mg/kg EO.Conclusions:These results indicated that dietary EO supplementation could affect intestinal microbiota and alleviate intestinal lesions in broilers,which may contribute in controlling C.perfringens infection in broiler chickens. | Encun Du Liping Gan Zhui Li Weiwei Wang Dan Liu Yuming Guo | 2016 | Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology2016，7，1： | 14 |
| 3 | Supplemental magnolol or honokiol attenuates adverse effects in broilers infected with Salmonella pullorum by modulating mucosal gene expression and the gut microbiota显示文摘Background:Salmonella pullorum is one of the most harmful pathogens to avian species.Magnolol and honokiol,natural compounds extracted from Magnolia officinalis,exerts anti-inflammatory,anti-oxidant and antibacterial activities.This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary supplemental magnolol and honokiol in broilers infected with S.pullorum.A total of 360 one-day-old broilers were selected and randomly divided into four groups with six replicates:the negative control group(CTL),S.pullorum-infected group(SP),and the S.pulloruminfected group supplemented with 300 mg/kg honokiol(SPH)or magnolol(SPM).Results:The results showed that challenging with S.pullorum impaired growth performance in broilers,as indicated by the observed decreases in body weight(P<0.05)and average daily gains(P<0.05),along with increased spleen(P<0.01)and bursa of Fabricus weights(P<0.05),serum globulin contents,and the decreased intestine villus height and villus/crypt ratios(P<0.05).Notably,supplemental magnolol and honokiol attenuated these adverse changes,and the effects of magnolol were better than those of honokiol.Therefore,we performed RNA-Seq in ileum tissues and 16S rRNA gene sequencing of ileum bacteria.Our analysis revealed that magnolol increased the α-diversity(observed species,Chao1,ACE,and PD whole tree)and β-diversity of the ileum bacteria(P<0.05).In addition,magnolol supplementation increased the abundance of Lactobacillus(P<0.01)and decreased unidentified Cyanobacteria(P<0.05)both at d 14 and d 21.Further study confirmed that differentially expressed genes induced by magnolol and honokiol supplementation enriched in cytokine-cytokine receptor interactions,in the intestinal immune network for IgA production,and in the cell adhesion molecule pathways.Conclusions:Supplemental magnolol and honokiol alleviated S.pullorum-induced impairments in growth performance,and the effect of magnolol was better than that of honokiol,which could be partially due to magnolol’s ability to improve the intestinal microbial and mucosal barrier. | Fang Chen Hao Zhang Encun Du Qiwen Fan Na Zhao Feng Jin Wei Zhang Wanzheng Guo Shaowen Huang Jintao Wei | 2022 | Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology2022，13，1： | 9 |
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