Molecular Nutrition

Effects of Bacillus subtilis on Growth Performance and Intestinal Health of Broilers Challenged by Clostridium perfringens

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  • 1. Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China;
    2. Adisseo Life Science(Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201204, China

Received date: 2018-11-05

  Online published: 2019-05-15

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Bacillus subtilis in the diet on the growth performance and intestinal health of broilers challenged by Clostridium perfringens. A total of 480 1-day-old male broilers (Ross 308) were randomly assigned to 5 groups with 8 replicates per group and 12 broilers per replicate. The 5 groups were control group (CON group), Clostridium perfringens challenge group (CP group), CP+10 mg/kg enramycin group (ENRA group), CP+10 mg/kg Bacillus subtilis (contained 1010 CFU/g) group (BS group) and CP+5 mg/kg enramycin+10 mg/kg Bacillus subtilis group (ENRA+BS group). All the broilers in the challenge group were orally administered with a mixed Eimeria suspension (11 000 spores/mL per broiler) at day 14, and a suspension of Clostridium perfringens (108 CFU/mL per broiler) was orally administered at days 16 to 18. The trial lasted for 42 days. The results showed as follows: 1) compared with CP group, feed/gain (F/G) of broilers at days 1 to 21 in ENRA group, BS group and ENRA+BS group had a tendency to decrease (P=0.051). Compared with CON group, F/G of broilers at days 1 to 42 in ENRA group and ENRA+BS group significantly reduced (P<0.05). 2) Compared with the CP group, the jejunal lesion score of broilers at day 28 in ENRA group, BS group and ENRA+BS group significantly reduced (P<0.01). 3) At days 21 and 42, the crypt depth in the ENRA group was significantly lower than that in the CP group, BS group and ENRA+BS group (P<0.01). At day 42, compared with the CP group, the villus height/crypt depth (VH/CD) in ENRA group significantly increased (P<0.05), and the VH/CD in the BS group and ENRA+BS group increased, but the difference was not significant (P>0.05). 4) At day 21, compared with CP group, secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) content in jejunal mucosa in ENRA+BS group significantly increased (P<0.05); at day 28, compared with CP group, immunoglobulin G (IgG) in jejunal mucosa in BS group and ENRA+BS group significantly increased (P<0.05). 5) Compared with the CP group, the number of Escherichia coli at day 21 in ENRA group, BS group and ENRA+BS group significantly reduced (P<0.01), and the number of Clostridium perfringens at day 28 in ENRA group, BS group and ENRA+BS group significantly reduced (P<0.01). It was concluded that Bacillus subtilis can improve the intestinal health and growth performance of broilers to a certain extent. When combined with enramycin (5 mg/kg), the effect is better, thus reducing the use of antibiotics.

Cite this article

HU Jun, ZHANG Keying, BAI Shiping, WANG Jianping, ZENG Qiufeng, PENG Huanwei, LUAN Chao, DING Xuemei . Effects of Bacillus subtilis on Growth Performance and Intestinal Health of Broilers Challenged by Clostridium perfringens[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2019 , 31(5) : 2127 -2135 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2019.05.019

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