Effects of inulin supplementation to piglets in the suckling period on growth performance, postileal microbial and immunological traits in the suckling period and three weeks after weaning
Li, Bing; Schroyen, Martine; Leblois, Julieet al.
2018 • In Archives of Animal Nutrition, 72 (6), p. 425-442
Gut health; intestinal microbiota; inflammation; inulin; suckling piglets
Abstract :
[en] The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of inulin (IN)
supplementation to suckling piglets at and 3 weeks post-weaning.
A total of 72 newborn piglets were used. Twenty-four piglets per
group received different amounts of IN during the suckling period:
(a) CON: no IN; (b) IN-0.5: 0.5 g IN/d on the 1st week, 1 g IN/d on the
2nd week, 1.5 g IN/d on the 3rd week and 2 g IN/d on the 4th week,
or (c) IN-0.75: 0.75 g IN/d on the 1st week, 1.5 g IN/d on the 2nd
week, 2.25 g IN/d on the 3rd week and 3 g IN/d on the 4th week.
Starting at 28 d of age, piglets were weaned and received a postweaning
diet without inulin during the following 3 weeks. At both
28 d and 49 d of age, piglets were euthanised for sampling. Piglets
of group IN-0.5 had the highest body weight starting from the 3rd
week (p < 0.05), concomitant with the highest villus height and the
ratio of villus height/crypt depth in the jejunum and ileum on both
sampling days (p < 0.05). At 28 d of age, an increased concentration
of propionate, iso-butyrate or total short chain fatty acids
was observed between treatment IN-0.5 and the other groups in
the caecum or colon (p < 0.05). Moreover, the relative abundance of
Escherichia coli (p = 0.05) and Enterobacteriaceae (p = 0.01) in colonic
digesta were reduced in IN-0.5-treated piglets, and in both INsupplemented
groups, colonic interleukin-8, tumor necrosis factor-
α and toll-like receptor-4 mRNA abundance were decreased
compared to the CON group (p < 0.05). However, at 49 d of age,
most of these differences disappeared. In conclusion, treatment IN-
0.5 improved during the suckling period of piglets development of
intestine, but these beneficial effects were not lasting after weaning,
when IN supplementation was terminated. Treatment IN-0.75,
however, did not display a prebiotic effect.
Research Center/Unit :
Precision livestock and nutrition unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Teaching and Research Centre, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
Schroyen, Martine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Ingénierie des productions animales et nutrition
Leblois, Julie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Ingénierie des productions animales et nutrition
Wavreille, José ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem)
Soyeurt, Hélène ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Modélisation et développement
Bindelle, Jérôme ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Ingénierie des productions animales et nutrition
Everaert, Nadia ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Ingénierie des productions animales et nutrition
Language :
English
Title :
Effects of inulin supplementation to piglets in the suckling period on growth performance, postileal microbial and immunological traits in the suckling period and three weeks after weaning
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