Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Postbiotics: Alternative of Antibiotic Growth Promoter to Ameliorate Gut Health in Broiler Chickens

The postbiotic produced from Lactiplantibacillus plantarum has been revealed as a potential alternative to antibiotic growth promoters (AGP). It helps to stimulate growth performance, improve nutrient digestibility, intestinal histomorphology, immune response, and improve meat quality in livestock....

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Main Authors: Hui Mei Chang, Teck Chwen Loh, Hooi Ling Foo, Eric Teik Chung Lim
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.883324/full
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author Hui Mei Chang
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Eric Teik Chung Lim
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description The postbiotic produced from Lactiplantibacillus plantarum has been revealed as a potential alternative to antibiotic growth promoters (AGP). It helps to stimulate growth performance, improve nutrient digestibility, intestinal histomorphology, immune response, and improve meat quality in livestock. However, there is a paucity of information on the effects of L. plantarum postbiotic produced by formulated media on the gut health and immune response. Therefore, this study was conducted by using three strains of dietary L. plantarum postbiotics to determine the growth performance, intestinal histomorphology, intestinal mucin production, and immune status in broiler chickens. A 245 male Cobb 500-day-old birds were assigned randomly to five treatments, namely, NC: basal diet only (negative control), OTC: basal diet + 0.01% (w/w) oxytetracycline (positive control), RG11: basal diet + 0.1% (v/w) Postbiotic RG11, RI11: basal diet + 0.1% (v/w) Postbiotic RI11, and RS5: basal diet + 0.1% (v/w) Postbiotic RS5. The body weight and feed intake were taken weekly. The small intestine and its mucus, ceca digesta were collected on days 21 and 42. Fresh excreta for crude mucin production were collected 3 days before slaughter on day 42. From the findings, RS5 recorded a significant highest (p < 0.05) final body weight, body weight gain, and significant lowest (p < 0.05) feed conversion ratio. The concentrations of glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase (SOD), acidic mucin, sulfated mucin, and intestinal trefoil factor were significantly higher (p < 0.05) in the birds fed with RI11 and RS5. Postbiotics RI11 and RS5 had up-regulated expression of intestinal Mucin 2, occludin, and secretory immunoglobulin A. The antibiotic-fed chickens also showed a reduced (p < 0.05) total bacteria and Bifidobacterium population but a significantly increased (p < 0.05) the population of Escherichia coli in the jejunum. In conclusion, the supplementation of L. plantarum postbiotic can be used to substitute AGP as it promoted growth performance, mucin production, ameliorated tight junction permeability, and immune status in broiler chickens due to improved gut health and beneficial bacteria colonization.
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spelling doaj.art-2053d01d6b9640c2b513c588d0f6abd72022-12-22T01:20:42ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Veterinary Science2297-17692022-07-01910.3389/fvets.2022.883324883324Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Postbiotics: Alternative of Antibiotic Growth Promoter to Ameliorate Gut Health in Broiler ChickensHui Mei Chang0Hui Mei Chang1Teck Chwen Loh2Teck Chwen Loh3Hooi Ling Foo4Hooi Ling Foo5Eric Teik Chung Lim6Eric Teik Chung Lim7Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaDepartment of Bioprocess Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaInstitute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaThe postbiotic produced from Lactiplantibacillus plantarum has been revealed as a potential alternative to antibiotic growth promoters (AGP). It helps to stimulate growth performance, improve nutrient digestibility, intestinal histomorphology, immune response, and improve meat quality in livestock. However, there is a paucity of information on the effects of L. plantarum postbiotic produced by formulated media on the gut health and immune response. Therefore, this study was conducted by using three strains of dietary L. plantarum postbiotics to determine the growth performance, intestinal histomorphology, intestinal mucin production, and immune status in broiler chickens. A 245 male Cobb 500-day-old birds were assigned randomly to five treatments, namely, NC: basal diet only (negative control), OTC: basal diet + 0.01% (w/w) oxytetracycline (positive control), RG11: basal diet + 0.1% (v/w) Postbiotic RG11, RI11: basal diet + 0.1% (v/w) Postbiotic RI11, and RS5: basal diet + 0.1% (v/w) Postbiotic RS5. The body weight and feed intake were taken weekly. The small intestine and its mucus, ceca digesta were collected on days 21 and 42. Fresh excreta for crude mucin production were collected 3 days before slaughter on day 42. From the findings, RS5 recorded a significant highest (p < 0.05) final body weight, body weight gain, and significant lowest (p < 0.05) feed conversion ratio. The concentrations of glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase (SOD), acidic mucin, sulfated mucin, and intestinal trefoil factor were significantly higher (p < 0.05) in the birds fed with RI11 and RS5. Postbiotics RI11 and RS5 had up-regulated expression of intestinal Mucin 2, occludin, and secretory immunoglobulin A. The antibiotic-fed chickens also showed a reduced (p < 0.05) total bacteria and Bifidobacterium population but a significantly increased (p < 0.05) the population of Escherichia coli in the jejunum. In conclusion, the supplementation of L. plantarum postbiotic can be used to substitute AGP as it promoted growth performance, mucin production, ameliorated tight junction permeability, and immune status in broiler chickens due to improved gut health and beneficial bacteria colonization.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.883324/fullLactiplantibacillus plantarumpostbioticsantibiotic growth promotergut healthmucin dynamicsimmune response
spellingShingle Hui Mei Chang
Hui Mei Chang
Teck Chwen Loh
Teck Chwen Loh
Hooi Ling Foo
Hooi Ling Foo
Eric Teik Chung Lim
Eric Teik Chung Lim
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Postbiotics: Alternative of Antibiotic Growth Promoter to Ameliorate Gut Health in Broiler Chickens
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum
postbiotics
antibiotic growth promoter
gut health
mucin dynamics
immune response
title Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Postbiotics: Alternative of Antibiotic Growth Promoter to Ameliorate Gut Health in Broiler Chickens
title_full Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Postbiotics: Alternative of Antibiotic Growth Promoter to Ameliorate Gut Health in Broiler Chickens
title_fullStr Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Postbiotics: Alternative of Antibiotic Growth Promoter to Ameliorate Gut Health in Broiler Chickens
title_full_unstemmed Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Postbiotics: Alternative of Antibiotic Growth Promoter to Ameliorate Gut Health in Broiler Chickens
title_short Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Postbiotics: Alternative of Antibiotic Growth Promoter to Ameliorate Gut Health in Broiler Chickens
title_sort lactiplantibacillus plantarum postbiotics alternative of antibiotic growth promoter to ameliorate gut health in broiler chickens
topic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum
postbiotics
antibiotic growth promoter
gut health
mucin dynamics
immune response
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.883324/full
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