Dietary taurine-mediated alleviation of post-hatch transport stress in broilers: Improvements in growth, antioxidant status, and intestinal barrier integrity linked to gut microbiota modulation.

Shuhan Pan, Wenling Huang, Yang Dai, Zhitong Fan, Yucheng Yin, Yizheng Hong, Huihua Zhang, Cui Zhu

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Article in Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shuhan PanSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, Guangdong, China.

Wenling HuangSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, Guangdong, China.

Yang DaiSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, Guangdong, China.

Zhitong FanSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, Guangdong, China.

Yucheng YinSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, Guangdong, China.

Yizheng HongSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, Guangdong, China.

Huihua ZhangSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, Guangdong, China.

Cui ZhuSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, Guangdong, China.

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This study investigated the effects of dietary taurine (Tau) supplementation on growth performance, antioxidant capacity, intestinal barrier function, and gut microbiota in yellow-feathered broilers exposed to post-hatch transport stress (TS). A total of 180 one-d-old chicks (initial body weight 35.93 ± 0.26 g) were randomly divided into five treatments, with six replicates each group and six birds each replicate, including control, TS, TS + 0.25% Tau, TS + 0.50% Tau, and TS + 0.75% Tau. The experiment lasted for two weeks. Compared with the control, post-hatch TS reduced final body weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG), plasma catalase (CAT) activity, and villus height (VH) in duodenum and ileum at d 7, while increasing plasma aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity, cortisol level at d 7 and jejunal relative mRNA expression levels of

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Antioxidant capacityBroilerGut microbiotaIntestinal healthTaurineTransport stress

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PMID42472294

DOI10.1016/j.aninu.2026.02.006

PMCPMC13380228

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