ArticleProbiotics and antimicrobial proteins2024
Feeding Broiler Chicks with Bacillus subtilis, Clostridium butyricum, and Enterococcus faecalis Mixture Improves Growth Performance and Regulates Cecal Microbiota.
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Abstract
A total of 300 day-old Arbor Acres Plus broiler chicks (mixed sex) was used to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation of Bacillus subtilis, Clostridium butyricum, and Enterococcus faecalis mixture (PB) on growth performance, ileal morphology, and cecal microbiota. All birds were randomly assigned into 3 groups based on the initial body weight. There were 5 replicate cages per group and 20 birds per cage. The experimental period was 42 days. Dietary treatments were based on a basal diet and supplemented with 0, 0.05, or 0.10% PB. The results indicated that broiler chicks fed with the diet supplemented with graded levels of PB have quadratically improved their body weight gain and feed intake; the highest value was presented in 0.05% PB-containing group. In addition, villus to crypt ratio linearly increased with the concentration of PB increased in the diet. The alpha diversity linearly increased by PB supplementation, and the highest value was presented in 0.10% PB-containing group. In terms of growth performance, the suitable dose of PB used in the diet was 0.05%. However, ternary plot showed that the harmful bacteria, Escherichia-Shigella, was enriched in 0.05% PB-containing group. In brief, we considered that dietary supplementation of graded levels of PB improved growth performance and regulated cecal microbiota in broiler chicks.
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