RESEARCH PAPER

Effects of Zanthoxylum Powder on Performance, Egg Quality, Plasma Biochemical Indices and Cecal Microflora of Laying Hens

  • GUO Yanxin ,
  • WANG Dehua ,
  • HUANG Shimeng ,
  • YANG Bowen ,
  • LI Sen ,
  • LI Lan ,
  • ZHAO Lihong ,
  • ZHANG Jianyun ,
  • JI Cheng ,
  • MA Qiugang
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
    2. College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China

Received date: 2021-12-19

  Online published: 2022-08-11

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary zanthoxylum powder on performance, egg quality, plasma biochemical indices and cecum microflora of laying hens. Using a single factor experimental design, thirty Jingfen No.1 laying hens of 50-week-old were randomly divided into the control group and experimental group with 15 replicates per group and 1 chicken per replicate. Hens in the control group were fed a corn-soybean meal type basal diet, and those in the experimental group were fed the basal diet supplemented with 0.5% zanthoxylum powder. The pre-experiment lasted for 1 week and the formal experiment lasted for 8 weeks. The results showed as follows: 1) compared with the control group, the feed to egg ratio of laying hens in the experimental group was significantly decreased (P<0.05), the eggshell color had a trend of improvement (P=0.08), and the eggshell strength had a trend of decrease (P=0.08). 2) Compared with the control group, the plasma albumin content of laying hens in the experimental group was significantly increased (P<0.05), the plasma albumin to globulin ratio was significantly increased (P<0.05), and the plasma contents of immunoglobulin A and immunoglobulin M had a trend of decrease (P=0.09). 3) Compared with the control group, at the phylum level, the ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteroidota in cecal microflora of laying hens in the experimental group was increased, while the relative abundance of Proteobacteria and Actinobacteriota was decreased. At the genus level, the relative abundance of unclassified_o_Bacteroidales and Romboutsia in cecal microflora of laying hens in the experimental group was increased, while the Lactobacillus relative abundance was decreased. Compared with the enriched pathogenic bacterium such as Hydrogenoanaerobacterium, Treponema, unclassified_f_Syntrophomonadaceae, Methylobacterium-Methylorubrum, Elusimicrobium and Anaerobiospirillum in the control group, these beneficial flora which were norank_f_Eubacterium_coprostanoligenes_group, norank_f_norank_o_Saccharimonadales, norank_f_Christensenellaceae, Family_ⅩⅢ_AD3011_group and Angelakisella were the main differentiating dominant flora. In conclusion, dietary 0.5% zanthoxylum powder can improve the diversity and structure of cecal microflora, enhance the protein utilization and anti-inflammatory ability, and improve the performance and egg quality of laying hens.

Cite this article

GUO Yanxin , WANG Dehua , HUANG Shimeng , YANG Bowen , LI Sen , LI Lan , ZHAO Lihong , ZHANG Jianyun , JI Cheng , MA Qiugang . Effects of Zanthoxylum Powder on Performance, Egg Quality, Plasma Biochemical Indices and Cecal Microflora of Laying Hens[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2022 , 34(8) : 4959 -4968 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2022.08.021

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