Orally delivered Bacillus subtilis expressing chicken NK-2 peptide stabilizes gut microbiota and enhances intestinal health and local immunity in coccidiosis-infected broiler chickens

Orally delivered Bacillus subtilis expressing chicken NK-2 peptide stabilizes gut microbiota and enhances intestinal health and local immunity in coccidiosis-infected broiler chickens

ABSTRACT: We recently reported a stable Bacillus subtilis-carrying chicken NK-lysin peptide (B. subtilis-cNK-2) as an effective oral delivery system of an antimicrobial peptide to the gut with therapeutic effect against Eimeria parasites in broiler chickens. To further investigate the effects of a h...

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Main Authors: Samiru S. Wickramasuriya, Inkyung Park, Youngsub Lee, Luciana M. Richer, Chris Przybyszewski, Cyril G. Gay, Jolieke G. van Oosterwijk, Hyun S. Lillehoj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-05-01
Series:Poultry Science
Subjects:
NK-lysin
chicken
Bacillus subtilis
coccidiosis
antimicrobial peptide
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123001141

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