Feeding two single strain probiotic bacteria and wheat bran failed to modify the production traits but altered some gut characteristics in broiler chickens

Such, Nikoletta; Molnár, Andor; Farkas, Valéria; Pál, László; Húsvéth, Ferenc; Koltay, Ilona Anna; Rawash, Mohamed Ali; Mezőlaki, Ákos; Dublecz, Károly

doi:10.5513/jcea01/21.3.2745

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“…Neither the diet composition nor the probiotic treatments affected the weight gain, feed intake, and fed conversion of chickens. The production traits results of the trial have been published earlier [ 30 ].…”

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Effects of Probiotics and Wheat Bran Supplementation of Broiler Diets on the Ammonia Emission from Excreta

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Csitári

Stankovics

et al. 2021

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Ammonia emission is a concern for the poultry industry from both environmental and animal welfare points of view. The objective of this research was to determine whether probiotics or wheat bran supplementation of broiler diets can modify the N composition of the excreta and the dynamics of ammonia volatilisation emission from the manure. A total of 120-day-old Ross 308 broiler chickens were fed six different diets. The treatments included a corn and soybean meal-based control diet (C) and diets containing wheat bran (WB). Both diets were fed alone and with supplementation of a lactic acid (Lactobacillus farciminis, LAB) and a butyric acid (Clostridium butyricum, BAB) producing bacterial strain. Treatment BAB had a significant effect on the dry matter content of the excreta and both probiotics decreased the amount of excreted uric acid. Treatment WB resulted in a significantly lower NH+4-N concentration of excreta and a tendency toward reduced uric acid content. Treatment LAB reduced the urinary N ratio of excreta. Among dietary treatments, WB resulted in the highest urease producing cell numbers in the excreta, but this difference was not significant. Based on our results, similar to pigs, the soluble fibre fraction of poultry diets can also modify the urinary to faecal N ratio of the excreta.

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Effects of Probiotics and Wheat Bran Supplementation of Broiler Diets on the Ammonia Emission from Excreta

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Stankovics

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“…In spite of negative effects, hosts may benefit from low amounts of wheat bran supplementation as it provides a dietary substrate for specific groups of intestinal bacteria [1]. The effects of moderate wheat bran supplementation and the combination of wheat bran with probiotics on the gut health and gut microbiota of broiler chickens at slaughter age has rarely been addressed previously [8,9].…”

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Effects of Wheat Bran and Clostridium butyricum Supplementation on Cecal Microbiota, Short-Chain Fatty Acid Concentration, pH and Histomorphometry in Broiler Chickens

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Such

Farkas

et al. 2020

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Feed additives that can improve intestinal health and maintain a diverse and resilient intestinal microbiota of poultry are of great importance. Thus, the current study investigated the effects of a single strain butyric acid-producing Clostridium (C. butyricum) with (symbiotic) or without wheat bran supplementation on cecal microbiota composition and gut health characteristics of broiler chickens. In total, 384 male Ross 308 day-old chickens were divided into four dietary treatment groups and fed ad libitum until day 37 of life. Cecal samples were taken for Illumina sequencing and pH and short-chain fatty acid analyses, as well as for histological analysis at the end of the experimental period. Neither of the supplemented diets improved chicken growth performance. Caecum was dominated by the members of Bacteroidetes phyla followed by Firmicutes in each dietary group. At the genus level, Bacteroides, Oscillospira, Akkermansia, Faecalibacterium, Ruminococcus and Streptococcus genera exceeded 1% relative abundance. Dietary treatment influenced the relative abundance of the Akkermansia genus, which had a lower relative abundance in the C. butyricum group than in the other groups and in the symbiotic group compared to the wheat bran supplemented group. Dietary treatment also altered cecal crypt depth and had a trend to modify the cecal fermentation profile. Additive effects of wheat bran and C. butyricum supplementation were not detected. Our results suggest that Akkermansia muciniphila colonization in chicken can be influenced by diet composition.

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“…In recent years, the poultry industry has routinely used novel feed ingredients and supplements with potential to improve bird productivity by enhancing the nutritional quality of the feed. Examples of such materials include co-products from the bread industry (Penkov and Chobanova, 2020), fermented feeds (Dairo and Fasuyi, 2007), alternatives to soybean meal (Abdulla et al 2017;Whiting et al 2019;Karkelanov et al, 2020), antioxidants (Pirgozliev et al, 2020;Woods et al, 2020), exogenous enzymes (Jimoh et al, 2018), probiotics (Such et al, 2020), prebiotics (Zábranský et al, 2021) and plant extracts (Marć-Pieńkowska et al, 2019).…”

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Metabolisable energy of dried Sea buckthorn (Hippophaes rhamnoides) berries for broiler chickens

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Mansbridge²,

Whiting³

et al. 2022

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The aim of the experiment was to assess the content of N-corrected apparent metabolisable energy (AMEn) in dried Sea buckthorn berries (SB) when fed to Ross 308 broiler chickens. Two experimental diets (basal and basal + 12 g/kg dried and milled SB berries) were fed to an equal number of replicated pens (n=8; two birds in each) from 7 to 21d age, following randomisation. The basal diet was formulated to meet breeder's recommendations. The inclusion of dried SB berries at 12 g/kg diet, did not significantly (P>0.05) affect broiler chicken growth performance, dietary nutrient availability or AMEn. Using the substitution method, it was found that the AMEn of the dried SB berries was 14.29 MJ/ kg DM. Although relatively high in AMEn, the absence of starch in SB berries, suggests SB berries are not a suitable substitute for cereals in poultry diets, but further research on their health benefits as a minor supplement for poultry diets is warranted.

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Feeding two single strain probiotic bacteria and wheat bran failed to modify the production traits but altered some gut characteristics in broiler chickens

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Effects of Probiotics and Wheat Bran Supplementation of Broiler Diets on the Ammonia Emission from Excreta

Effects of Probiotics and Wheat Bran Supplementation of Broiler Diets on the Ammonia Emission from Excreta

Effects of Wheat Bran and Clostridium butyricum Supplementation on Cecal Microbiota, Short-Chain Fatty Acid Concentration, pH and Histomorphometry in Broiler Chickens

Metabolisable energy of dried Sea buckthorn (Hippophaes rhamnoides) berries for broiler chickens

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