Effects of <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> L. Fruit Extract on Growth Performance, Meat Quality, Immunity, Antioxidant, Intestinal Morphology and Flora of White-Feathered Broilers
This study aimed to determine whether adding <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract to the diet of broilers could replace antibiotics. For this study, 300 one-day-old AA white feathered broilers were divided into five groups (no sex separated), with six repetitions per group (n = 10), as...
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| description | This study aimed to determine whether adding <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract to the diet of broilers could replace antibiotics. For this study, 300 one-day-old AA white feathered broilers were divided into five groups (no sex separated), with six repetitions per group (n = 10), as follows: blank control group (basal feed, CK group), positive drug (basal feed + 300 mg/kg aureomycin, PD group), and <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> low-dose, medium-dose, and high-dose groups (basal feed + 100 mg/kg, 200 mg/kg, and 300 mg/kg of <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract, LD group, MD group and HD group). The experiment period was divided into early (1–21 days) and late (22–42 days) stage. We found that supplementation with <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract in the diet significantly improved the growth performance of broilers (<i>p <</i> 0.05), reduced the feed to meat ratio (<i>p <</i> 0.05), reduced the fat percentage (<i>p <</i> 0.05), while had no significant effect on meat quality (<i>p</i> > 0.05) and <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract could promote the development of immune organs to different extents, enhance antioxidant capacity, the contents of SOD and GSH-Px in serum were significantly increased (<i>p <</i> 0.05), improve the ratio of villus height to crypt depth. Finally, <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract increased the relative abundance of probiotics and beneficial bacteria (<i>Bacteroidales</i>, <i>NK4A214</i>, <i>Subdoligranulum and Eubacterium hallii</i>) (<i>p <</i> 0.05) and reduced the relative abundance of harmful bacteria (<i>Erysipelatoclostridium</i>) (<i>p <</i> 0.05) in the gut of broilers. Compared with positive drug group, most of the indexes in the medium-dose group were better or had similar effects. We believe that <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract can be used as a potential natural antibiotic substitute in livestock and poultry breeding programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c18e305843842269ce2aeb839deb0092023-11-16T14:18:58ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152022-12-011319310.3390/ani13010093Effects of <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> L. Fruit Extract on Growth Performance, Meat Quality, Immunity, Antioxidant, Intestinal Morphology and Flora of White-Feathered BroilersTianlu Zhang0Dong Zhou1Xin Wang2Tian Xiao3Lingxi Wu4Qi Tang5Ying Lu6College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, ChinaCollege of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, ChinaCollege of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, ChinaCollege of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, ChinaAgriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of Tongdao County, Huaihua 418500, ChinaCollege of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, ChinaCollege of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, ChinaThis study aimed to determine whether adding <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract to the diet of broilers could replace antibiotics. For this study, 300 one-day-old AA white feathered broilers were divided into five groups (no sex separated), with six repetitions per group (n = 10), as follows: blank control group (basal feed, CK group), positive drug (basal feed + 300 mg/kg aureomycin, PD group), and <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> low-dose, medium-dose, and high-dose groups (basal feed + 100 mg/kg, 200 mg/kg, and 300 mg/kg of <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract, LD group, MD group and HD group). The experiment period was divided into early (1–21 days) and late (22–42 days) stage. We found that supplementation with <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract in the diet significantly improved the growth performance of broilers (<i>p <</i> 0.05), reduced the feed to meat ratio (<i>p <</i> 0.05), reduced the fat percentage (<i>p <</i> 0.05), while had no significant effect on meat quality (<i>p</i> > 0.05) and <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract could promote the development of immune organs to different extents, enhance antioxidant capacity, the contents of SOD and GSH-Px in serum were significantly increased (<i>p <</i> 0.05), improve the ratio of villus height to crypt depth. Finally, <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract increased the relative abundance of probiotics and beneficial bacteria (<i>Bacteroidales</i>, <i>NK4A214</i>, <i>Subdoligranulum and Eubacterium hallii</i>) (<i>p <</i> 0.05) and reduced the relative abundance of harmful bacteria (<i>Erysipelatoclostridium</i>) (<i>p <</i> 0.05) in the gut of broilers. Compared with positive drug group, most of the indexes in the medium-dose group were better or had similar effects. We believe that <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract can be used as a potential natural antibiotic substitute in livestock and poultry breeding programs.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/1/93<i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extractimmunitymeat qualityintestinal floraantioxidant |
| spellingShingle | Tianlu Zhang Dong Zhou Xin Wang Tian Xiao Lingxi Wu Qi Tang Ying Lu Effects of <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> L. Fruit Extract on Growth Performance, Meat Quality, Immunity, Antioxidant, Intestinal Morphology and Flora of White-Feathered Broilers Animals <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract immunity meat quality intestinal flora antioxidant |
| title | Effects of <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> L. Fruit Extract on Growth Performance, Meat Quality, Immunity, Antioxidant, Intestinal Morphology and Flora of White-Feathered Broilers |
| title_full | Effects of <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> L. Fruit Extract on Growth Performance, Meat Quality, Immunity, Antioxidant, Intestinal Morphology and Flora of White-Feathered Broilers |
| title_fullStr | Effects of <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> L. Fruit Extract on Growth Performance, Meat Quality, Immunity, Antioxidant, Intestinal Morphology and Flora of White-Feathered Broilers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> L. Fruit Extract on Growth Performance, Meat Quality, Immunity, Antioxidant, Intestinal Morphology and Flora of White-Feathered Broilers |
| title_short | Effects of <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> L. Fruit Extract on Growth Performance, Meat Quality, Immunity, Antioxidant, Intestinal Morphology and Flora of White-Feathered Broilers |
| title_sort | effects of i kadsura coccinea i l fruit extract on growth performance meat quality immunity antioxidant intestinal morphology and flora of white feathered broilers |
| topic | <i>Kadsura coccinea</i> fruit extract immunity meat quality intestinal flora antioxidant |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/1/93 |
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