FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Effects of Clostridium butyricum on Growth Performance, Intestinal Morphology and Intestinal Permeability of Weanling Piglets

  • PANG Min ,
  • LU Qingping ,
  • XIA Bing ,
  • ZHANG Hongfu
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  • State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China

Received date: 2016-01-21

  Online published: 2016-07-28

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of Clostridium butyricum on growth performance, intestinal morphology and intestinal permeability of weaning piglets. Eighteen ‘Duroc×Landrace×Yorkshire’ crossbred piglets with an average body weight of (5.35±1.33) kg were weaned at 21 days of age and randomly allocated into three groups: basal diet group (control group), basal diet+500 mg/kg Clostridium butyricum group (CB group) and basal diet+3 000 mg/kg zinc oxide group (ZnO group). Each group had six replicates, and each replicate had one piglet. The experiment lasted for 14 days. The results showed as follows: 1) there were no significant differences on average daily gain and feed to gain ratio among three groups (P>0.05). The diarrhea rate of weaning piglets in CB group and ZnO group was significantly lower than that in control group (P<0.05). 2) Compared with the control group, the crypt depth of weaning piglets in CB group and ZnO group significantly decreased (P<0.05), and the ratio of villus height to crypt depth significantly increased (P<0.01). 3) On the day 14, the serum endotoxin and D-lactic acid concentrations of weaning piglets in CB group and ZnO group significantly decreased compared with control group (P<0.05), and no significant difference between CB group and ZnO group was found (P>0.05). 4) Compared with the control group, the mRNA expression of Occludin in ileum and colon of weaning piglets in CB group and ZnO group significantly increased (P<0.05); compared with ZnO group, the mRNA expression of zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) and Occludin in ileum and colon of weaning piglets in CB group had no significant difference (P>0.05). The results indicate that the dietary supplemented with Clostridium butyricum can decrease diarrhea rate and intestinal permeability, while improve intestinal mucosal morphology and tight junction protein expression. Dietary supplemented with Clostridium butyricum is comparable to the effect of the dietary supplemented with zinc oxide.

Cite this article

PANG Min , LU Qingping , XIA Bing , ZHANG Hongfu . Effects of Clostridium butyricum on Growth Performance, Intestinal Morphology and Intestinal Permeability of Weanling Piglets[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2016 , 28(7) : 2113 -2121 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2016.07.016

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