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Dietary sodium butyrate improves female broiler breeder performance and offspring immune function by enhancing maternal intestinal barrier and microbiota.
Xiao, Chuanpi; Zhang, Li; Zhang, Bo et al.
2023In Poultry Science, 102 (6), p. 102658
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Keywords :
broiler breeder; gut microbiota; offspring; reproductive performance; sodium butyrate; Antioxidants; Butyric Acid; Sodium, Dietary; Sodium Chloride, Dietary; Animals; Female; Chickens/physiology; Diet/veterinary; Animal Feed/analysis; Immunity; Dietary Supplements/analysis; Microbiota; Animal Science and Zoology; General Medicine
Abstract :
[en] This study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary sodium butyrate (SB) supplementation on the reproductive performance of female broiler breeders under intensive rearing conditions and to analyze antioxidant capacity, immune function, and intestinal barrier function of the female breeders and their offspring. A total of 96,000 40-wk-old Ross308 female broiler breeders were divided into the control (CON) and SB groups, each with 6 replicates of 8,000 birds. Each house with similar production performance characteristics was considered a replicate. The experiment lasted for 20 wk, whereupon sampling took place. Results showed that SB improved the egg production performance, egg quality of broiler breeders, and hatchability (P < 0.05). Maternal supplementation with SB substantially increased serum immunoglobulin A levels in broiler breeders and offspring (both P = 0.04) and offspring immunoglobulin G (P < 0.001). The levels of interleukin-1β (P < 0.001) and interleukin-4 (P = 0.03) in the offspring were downregulated, while the total superoxide dismutase in the offspring and the eggs increased (P < 0.05). The serum biochemical components in breeders and offspring were altered by SB, as evidenced by the reduction in triglycerides, total cholesterol, and high- and low-density lipoproteins (P < 0.05). The intestinal morphology of broiler breeders and offspring also improved by the SB with the decreasing the jejunal crypt depth (P = 0.04) and increasing villus height in offspring (P = 0.03). Maternal jejunal and ileal intestinal barrier-related genes were also shown to be significantly affected by SB. Furthermore, SB altered the microbial diversity in maternal cecal contents, thus increasing the abundance of Lachnospiraceae (P = 0.004) and Ruminococcaceae (P = 0.03). Dietary SB enhanced the reproductive performance and egg quality of broiler breeders and improved the antioxidant capacity and immune function of broiler breeders and offspring, with the benefits potentially arising from the regulation of the maternal intestinal barrier and gut microbiota by SB.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Xiao, Chuanpi  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre
Zhang, Li;  Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Non-grain Feed Resources, Department of Animal Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
Zhang, Bo;  Adisseo Life Science Products (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China
Kong, Linglian;  Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Non-grain Feed Resources, Department of Animal Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
Pan, Xue;  Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Non-grain Feed Resources, Department of Animal Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
Goossens, Tim;  Adisseo France, Hoogveld, Dendermonde, Belgium
Song, Zhigang;  Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Non-grain Feed Resources, Department of Animal Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China. Electronic address: zhigangs@sdau.edu.cn
Language :
English
Title :
Dietary sodium butyrate improves female broiler breeder performance and offspring immune function by enhancing maternal intestinal barrier and microbiota.
Publication date :
June 2023
Journal title :
Poultry Science
ISSN :
0032-5791
eISSN :
1525-3171
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, England
Volume :
102
Issue :
6
Pages :
102658
Peer reviewed :
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