Influence of dietary mushroom Agaricus bisporus on intestinal morphology and microflora composition in broiler chickens

Giannenas, Ιlias; Tontis, D.; Tsalie, E.; Chronis, Ef.; Doukas, Dimitrios; Kyriazakis, Ι.

doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.02.003

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“…They were washed in 70% alcohol to remove the Bouin solution and were subsequently dehydrated in ascending series of alcohols, cleared in xylene and embedded in paraffin. Histological sections were made and stained according to the methodology of Giannenas et al (2010). Analyses were made by the program Image J ® 1 .…”

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Probiotics on performance, intestinal morphology and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens raised with lower or higher environmental challenge

Araujo

Stefani

Giometti

et al. 2018

Austral j. vet. sci.

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ABSTRACT. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of probiotics on performance, intestinal morphology and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens housed on lower or higher environmental challenge. Three hundred male Cobb chicks were distributed into four groups in completely randomised design with treatments arranged in a 2 × 2 factorial scheme to evaluate effects of two diets (with or without probiotics) and two environmental conditions (lower or higher challenge), totaling four treatments with five replications with 15 birds per box. Probiotics were added on diets and were composed of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bacillus subtilis, Bifidobacterium bifidum and Enterococcus faecium. The environment with lower challenge was made up of new wood shavings used as litter, low bird density (8 birds/m 2 ) and daily-cleaned bell drinkers. The environment with higher challenge was made up of re-used wood shavings used as litter (after three broods of broilers), bird density of 16 birds/m 2 with bell drinkers cleaned every two days. No significant interaction between diet and environmental challenge was found for any of the variables evaluated. Performance, slaughterhouse variables and chemical carcass composition were not affected by the use of probiotics. Chicks receiving diets without probiotics had lower intestinal crypt depth (267.1 vs. 316.6 μm, P=0.0068). Birds raised in the environment with higher challenge decreased feed intake (4,660 vs 5,020 g, P=0.0422), weight gain (2,610 vs 2,810 g, P= 0.0054), drumstick and thigh yield (21.98 vs 24.14 %, P=0.0354), and increased crypt depth (325.2 vs 258.5 μm P=0.0009). In conclusion, the probiotic does not promote satisfactory improvements, regardless of the environmental challenge.

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Probiotics on performance, intestinal morphology and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens raised with lower or higher environmental challenge

Araujo

Stefani

Giometti

et al. 2018

Austral j. vet. sci.

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“…Two cm tissue samples of small intestine were taken from upper (start point of organ), middle (center point of organ) and lower (end point of organ) parts of duodenum (from the gizzard outlet to the end of the pancreatic loop), jejunum (from the pancreatic loop to Meckel's diverticulum) and ileum (from Meckel's diverticulum to the ileo-caeco-colic junction), according to the method of Giannenas et al (2010). Briefly, the tissue samples were preserved in 10% neutral buffered formaldehyde (NBF) for 72 h, then processed for dehydration and clearing, and embedded in wax.…”

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“…Moreover, the supplementation of phenolic compounds, like curcumin, may decrease gut inflammation, increase nutrients digestibility and metabolic activity (de Beer et al, 2008;Buchanan et al, 2008;Giannenas et al, 2010). These compounds may also have ability to alter the structure and function of gastrointestinal tract (Viveros et al, 2011).…”

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Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Curcumin on Growth Performance, Intestinal Morphology and Nutrients Utilization of Broiler Chicks

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The objective of this study was to determine the appropriate concentration of dietary supplementation of curcumin, and its effect on growth performance, intestinal morphology, fat metabolism and nutrients utilization of broiler chicks. Four hundred eighty, 1-day-old Arbor Acre broiler chicks were allocated into four groups with 6 replicates of 20 birds per cage. Birds were fed a corn-soybean basal diet supplemented with curcumin at 0 (control, CRM0), 100 (CRM100), 150 (CRM150) and 200 mg/kg (CRM200) levels for 42 days. All birds were kept in wire floor triple deck battery cages under semi-intensive housing management. The results revealed that dietary supplementation of curcumin at 200 mg/kg significantly improved live body weight and feed efficiency at marketing age (42 d); while, there was no significant difference on feed intake as compared to control. Curcumin significantly improved utilization of apparent metabolizable energy and decreased abdominal fat at 42 d in CRM150 and CRM200 broilers, respectively. Plasma T4 hormone level and fat utilization were significantly increased; while plasma cholesterol level was significantly reduced in dose dependent manner for CRM200 broilers. The results showed that dietary supplementation of curcumin influenced the histomorphological measurements of small intestinal villi. The villus height was significantly increased in duodenum, jejunum and ileum in curcumin supplemented broilers. Villus width was also significantly increased in duodenum and jejunum (42 d). While, there was no significant difference in ileum villus width. Furthermore, villus height to crypt depth ratio was significantly increased in all segments (except jejunum 42 d) of small intestine in CRM200 group; however, the intestinal crypt depth was lowered in curcumin supplemented broilers. In conclusion, supplementation of curcumin at 200 mg/kg feed enhanced the growth performance and fat metabolism, and increased villus absorptive area of small intestine, resulting in improved nutrients absorption in CRM200 group.

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“…The selenium content in HFC was determined using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (Agilent 7500s, Agilent Technologies, Waldbronn, Germany) according to Nisianakis et al (2009). Total phenolics content was measured using Folin-Ciocalteau reagent (Sigma, Santa Clara, CA) according to the method of Giannenas et al (2010b) and expressed as mg of gallic acid equivalents (GAE) per gram of dry weight (mg GAE/g dry weight). The ergosterol and adenosine contents in HFC were determined by HPLC according to the method of Lee et al (2011).…”

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Influence of fermentation concentrate of Hericium caput-medusae (Bull.:Fr.) Pers. on performance, antioxidant status, and meat quality in broilers

Shang

Song

Jiang

et al. 2014

Animal Feed Science and Technology

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Influence of dietary mushroom Agaricus bisporus on intestinal morphology and microflora composition in broiler chickens

Cited by 75 publications

References 65 publications

Probiotics on performance, intestinal morphology and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens raised with lower or higher environmental challenge

Probiotics on performance, intestinal morphology and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens raised with lower or higher environmental challenge

Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Curcumin on Growth Performance, Intestinal Morphology and Nutrients Utilization of Broiler Chicks

Influence of fermentation concentrate of Hericium caput-medusae (Bull.:Fr.) Pers. on performance, antioxidant status, and meat quality in broilers

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