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ArticlePoultry science2018

Influence of a specific amino acid pattern in the diet on the course of an experimental Campylobacter jejuni infection in broilers.

C Visscher, L Klingenberg, J Hankel, R Brehm, M Langeheine, A Helmbrecht

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Article in Poultry science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

C VisscherInstitute for Animal Nutrition, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, D-30173 Hanover, Germany.
L KlingenbergInstitute for Animal Nutrition, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, D-30173 Hanover, Germany.
J HankelInstitute for Animal Nutrition, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, D-30173 Hanover, Germany.
R BrehmInstitute for Anatomy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, D-30173 Hanover, Germany.
M LangeheineInstitute for Anatomy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, D-30173 Hanover, Germany.
A HelmbrechtEvonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, D-63457 Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany.
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation · DEEvonik (Germany) · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) is one of the most important zoonotic pathogens worldwide. In Europe, the majority of the cases are caused by consuming contaminated poultry meat. The objective of the present study was to investigate potential effects of different crude protein levels in complete diets for broilers on infection dynamics of C. jejuni after experimental infection. In total, 300 commercial broilers line Ross 308 were divided into 4 different groups, including 5 replications of 15 chickens each. The chickens were fed a conventional diet (212 g CP/kg DM) and a protein-reduced test diet (190 g CP/kg DM) supplemented with essential amino acids. This resulted simultaneously in lower amino-acid concentrations preferentially utilized by C. jejuni, such as aspartate, glutamate, proline, and serine. One group of each feeding concept was infected artificially with C. jejuni at day 21 by applying an oral C. jejuni inoculum containing 4.17 ± 0.09 log10 cfu of C. jejuni to 3 of 15 chickens, called "seeders." Feeding the test diet resulted in a significant reduction (P < 0.001) in CP intake (31.5 ± 1.20 g CP/broiler/day and 27.7 ± 0.71 g CP/broiler/day, respectively), a significant decrease (P < 0.05) in crude mucin in excreta (55.7 ± 8.23 g/kg DM and 51.9 ± 7.62 g/kg DM, respectively), and in goblet cell number in cecal crypts (P < 0.05; 15.1 ± 5.71 vs. 13.6 ± 5.91 goblet cells/crypt). In groups receiving the test diet, the excretion of C. jejuni was significantly reduced in seeders by 1.9 log10 cfu/g excreta at day 23 (3.38a ± 2.55 vs. 1.47b ± 2.20; P = 0.033). At day 25, prevalence of C. jejuni in cloacal swabs amounted to 53.3% in the group fed the test diet and 75.7% in the control group, respectively (P < 0.05). In summary, a definite amino acid pattern in the broiler diets could contribute to a development of an effective feeding strategy to reduce the prevalence of C. jejuni infection in chickens (Patent No 17187659.2-1106).

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ChickensAnimal FeedAnimalsAvian ProteinsBacterial SheddingCampylobacter InfectionsCampylobacter jejuniDietDietary SupplementsFecesFemaleIntestine, SmallMaleMucinsPoultry DiseasesPrevalenceAvian ProteinsMucins

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