Effects of dietary Bacillus coagulans and yeast hydrolysate supplementation on growth performance,immune response and intestinal barrier function in weaned piglets     

Runqi Fu  Chan Liang  Daiwen Chen  Hui Yan  Gang Tian  Ping Zheng  Jun He  Jie Yu  Xiangbing Mao  Zhiqing Huang  Yuheng Luo  Junqiu Luo  Bing Yu 《Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition》2021,105(5):898-907

The present study investigated the effects of Bacillus coagulans and yeast hydrolysate supplementation on growth performance, immune response and intestinal barrier function of weaned piglets. Twenty-four weaned piglets with an average body weight (BW) of 6.89 ± 0.15 kg were divided into four diets for 28 days. The treatments were basal diet (control), basal diet supplemented with antibiotic (20 mg/kg colistin sulphate and 40 mg/kg bacitracin zinc, AT), probiotics (400 mg/kg Bacillus coagulans ≥5 × 109 CFU/g, BC) or yeast hydrolysate (5000 mg/kg yeast hydrolysate, YH). Average daily gain (ADG) and average daily feed intake (ADFI) were improved by AT and YH diets (p < 0.05), while BC diet only increased ADG (p < 0.05). The complement 3 (C3), lysozyme (LZM) and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) concentrations in serum were increased in BC diet (p < 0.05). Feeding AT and YH caused the increase of jejunal villus height (p < 0.05), and a higher ratio of villus height/crypt depth was observed in AT, BC and YH groups (p < 0.05). The mRNA expression of zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) in jejunal mucosa was up-regulated by AT, BC and YH diets (p < 0.05). Dietary AT, BC or YH inclusion decreased the interleukin-1β (IL-1β) concentration and TNF-α mRNA expression (p < 0.05), and YH supplementation even down-regulated toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and CD14 expressions (p < 0.05). In summary, the dietary administration of BC or YH both improves growth performance through promoting the intestinal barrier function, indicating both of them can serve as potential alternatives to antibiotics growth promoters for the piglet production.  相似文献   

Effects of soybean raffinose on growth performance,digestibility,humoral immunity and intestinal morphology of growing pigs     

Zhu Zeng  Yalin Zhang  Jun He  Jie Yu  Xiangbing Mao  Ping Zheng  Yuheng Luo  Junqiu Luo  Zhiqing Huang  Bing Yu  Daiwen Chen 《动物营养（英文）》2021,7(2):393

There are appreciable does of raffinose in soybean, but the impacts of raffinose on pigs are poorly investigated. We used 2 experiments to investigate the influence of soybean raffinose on growth performance, digestibility, humoral immunity and intestinal morphology of growing pigs. In Exp. 1, a total of 30 crossbred (Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire) barrows (21.93 ± 0.43 kg) were randomly divided into 3 groups, and were fed with the control diet, the control diets supplemented with 0.2% and 0.5% raffinose, respectively, for 21 d. Results showed that the addition of 0.2% or 0.5% raffinose reduced (P < 0.05) average daily feed intake (ADFI), average daily gain (ADG) and nutrient digestibility, and dietary 0.5% raffinose increased the ratio of feed to gain (P < 0.05). For serum indexes, dietary 0.5% raffinose decreased growth hormone and increased glucagon-like peptide-2, immunoglobulin G, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 concentration (P < 0.05). In Exp. 2, a total of 24 crossbred barrows (38.41 ± 0.45 kg) were randomly divided into 3 groups, and were fed with the control diet (ad libitum), the raffinose diet (0.5% raffinose, ad libitum), and the control diet in the same amount as the raffinose group (feed-pair group) for 14 d, respectively. Compared with the control diet, dietary 0.5% raffinose decreased ADFI (P < 0.05). Intriguingly, the raffinose group had lower ADG than the feed-pair group, lower nutrient digestibility, lower amylase activity in duodenum, lower amylase, lipase and trypsin activities in jejunum and higher TNF-α concentration in serum compared with the other 2 groups, and a higher ratio of villus height to crypt depth compared with the control group (P < 0.05). These results showed that soybean raffinose could reduce feed voluntary intake and body gain while improving intestinal morphology without a significant negative influence on immunity. Taken together, dietary raffinose could decrease growth performance by reducing both feed intake and nutrient digestibility while inducing humoral immune response of growing pigs.  相似文献   

Effects of a Dual‐Frequency Frequency‐Sweeping Ultrasound Treatment on the Properties and Structure of the Zein Protein     

Xiaofeng Ren  Xun Wei  Haile Ma  Huiji Zhou  Jingjing Guo  Shuyun Mao  An Hu 《Cereal Chemistry》2015,92(2):193-197

We investigated the effects of a dual‐frequency frequency‐sweeping ultrasound (DFFSU) treatment on the functional properties and structure of zein. The solubility of ultrasound‐treated zein proteins increased slightly but significantly as the treatment time increased. The results showed that the DFFSU treatment had an obvious influence on the mean particle size and the size distribution. A significant (P < 0.05) increase in the size of the particles with respect to time was observed after a sonication time of more than 20 min in zein solutions. Differential scanning calorimetry results showed that sonication alters the thermal behavior of zein. Circular dichroism spectra showed a small increase in the percentage of ordered structure elements within the protein molecule. After 60 min of ultrasonication, the percentage of α‐helix structures increased by 0.9%, whereas the percentage of β‐sheets and β‐turns decreased by 0.5%. Microstructural analyses by scanning electron microscopy showed that several microholes appeared in the zein following ultrasonic pretreatment. Under the conditions investigated in this study, DFFSU treatment was found to affect the studied functional properties of the zein protein. This technology could be used to obtain improved functional properties in some protein samples.  相似文献   

寒地包衣玉米种子压缩特性试验研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

李衣菲  衣淑娟  毛欣  李云飞 《农机化研究》2015,(11):178-180,187

以寒地包衣玉米种子龙丹47为研究对象,对其物料特性进行了测量,得到三轴尺寸长9.287mm、宽7.64 mm、厚5.9 8 mm,休止角3 2.2 0°,自流角2 5.4 0°,千粒质量3 6 9.5 g。利用CTM2 0 5 0微机控制电子万能材料试验机,得到龙丹47玉米种子在平放、立放、侧放条件下的压缩特性曲线,经拟合曲线符合PEAL-READ模型,并获得了最大压缩载荷(平放379.5N、立放124.3N、侧放161.926N)、弹性模量(平放161.528 MPa、立放45.66MPa、侧放1 0 2.8 9 3 MPa)和抗压强度(平放1 0.8 4 4 MPa,立放3.5 5 2 MPa、侧放4.6 2 6 MPa)。结果显示:籽粒平放时的压缩载荷明显高于侧放和立放时的载荷,且平放压缩载荷是立放压缩载荷的2.6倍,是侧放压缩载荷的2.7倍;而侧放与立放的压缩载荷差异不大,表明籽粒在侧放和立放时更易受压缩外力的影响。  相似文献   

Nanosize of zinc oxide and the effects on zinc digestibility,growth performances,immune response and serum parameters of weanling piglets          下载免费PDF全文

Ming‐Zhe Li  Jie‐Ting Huang  Yi‐Hao Tsai  Syuan‐Yian Mao  Chao‐Ming Fu  Tu‐Fa Lien 《Animal Science Journal》2016,87(11):1379-1385

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of nanosize zinc on zinc digestibility, growth performances, immune response and serum parameters of weanling piglets. Ninety‐six LYD weanling piglets were assigned to control, zinc oxide (ZnO), organic‐Zn (Zn‐methionine) and nanosize ZnO (nano‐Zn) groups with four replicates. The zinc was at the 120 mg/kg level in the treatment group's diet, while the control group's was 80 mg/kg Zn. The experiment results indicated that the nano‐Zn and organic‐Zn groups had significantly higher Zn digestibility compared to the ZnO and control groups. For the immune response traits, the IgG level and goat red blood cells (GRBC) antibody titer were nano‐Zn and organic‐Zn>ZnO>control; in the phytohemagglutinin (PHA) challenge test result, nano‐Zn>organic‐Zn>ZnO>control; in regard to the γ‐globulin level, nano‐Zn and organic‐Zn>ZnO and control, with significant difference between groups. In the serum parameters aspect, serum Zn concentration in nano‐Zn and organic‐Zn groups were higher than in the ZnO and control groups, serum growth hormone concentration was increased in the nano‐Zn group than in the other groups. In conclusion, nanosize zinc oxide for dietary supplementation can increase zinc digestibility, serum growth hormone levels and carbonic anhydrase activity and enhance the immune response of weanling piglets.  相似文献   

Canine fetal echocardiography: correlations for the analysis of cardiac dimensions     

Amália Turner Giannico  Elaine Mayumi Ueno Gil  Daniela Aparecida Ayres Garcia  Marlos Gonçalves Sousa  Tilde Rodrigues Froes 《Veterinary research communications》2016,40(1):11-19

The aim of this study was to develop regression models for correlation of canine fetal heart development with body size to characterize normal development or suggest cardiac anomalies. Twenty clinically healthy pregnant bitches, either brachycephalic and non-brachycephalic, were examined ultrasonographically. Transabdominal fetal echocardiography was conducted every 4 days from the beginning of cardiac chambers differentiation until parturition. Ten cardiac parameters were measured: length, width and diameter of the heart; heart area; left and right ventricular dimensions; left and right atrial dimensions; and aortic and pulmonary artery diameter. Femoral length, biparietal diameter and abdominal cross-sectional area were also recorded. Regression equations were developed for each parameter of fetal body size, and linear and logarithmic models were compared. The model with the highest correlation coefficient was chosen to produce equations to calculate relative dimensions based on the correlations. Only the left-ventricular chamber differed between the two racial groups. Biparietal diameter was the independent parameter that produced the highest correlation coefficient for the most fetal cardiac dimensions, although good correlations were also observed using femoral length and abdominal cross-sectional area. Heart width and heart diameter were used as surrogates of cardiac development, as these measurements showed the best statistical correlation. Quantitative evaluation of fetal cardiac structures can be used to monitor normal and abnormal cardiac development.  相似文献   

Tenogenic induction of equine mesenchymal stem cells by means of growth factors and low-level laser technology     

Chiara Gomiero  Giulia Bertolutti  Tiziana Martinello  Nathalie Van Bruaene  Sarah Y. Broeckx  Marco Patruno  Jan H. Spaas 《Veterinary research communications》2016,40(1):39-48

Tendons regenerate poorly due to a dense extracellular matrix and low cellularity. Cellular therapies aim to improve tendon repair using mesenchymal stem cells and tenocytes; however, a current limitation is the low proliferative potential of tenocytes in cases of severe trauma. The purpose of this study was to develop a method useful in veterinary medicine to improve the differentiation of Peripheral Blood equine mesenchymal stem cells (PB-MSCs) into tenocytes. PB-MSCs were used to study the effects of the addition of some growth factors (GFs) as TGFβ3 (transforming growth factor), EGF2 (Epidermal growth factor), bFGF2 (Fibroblast growth factor) and IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor) in presence or without Low Level Laser Technology (LLLT) on the mRNA expression levels of genes important in the tenogenic induction as Early Growth Response Protein-1 (EGR1), Tenascin (TNC) and Decorin (DCN). The singular addition of GFs did not show any influence on the mRNA expression of tenogenic genes whereas the specific combinations that arrested cell proliferation in favour of differentiation were the following: bFGF2 + TGFβ3 and bFGF2 + TGFβ3 + LLLT. Indeed, the supplement of bFGF2 and TGFβ3 significantly upregulated the expression of Early Growth Response Protein-1 and Decorin, while the use of LLLT induced a significant increase of Tenascin C levels. In conclusion, the present study might furnish significant suggestions for developing an efficient approach for tenocyte induction since the external administration of bFGF2 and TGFβ3, along with LLLT, influences the differentiation of PB-MSCs towards the tenogenic fate.  相似文献   

Detection of novel polymorphisms in the ckit gene of canine patients with lymphoma,melanoma, haemangiosarcoma,and osteosarcoma     

Irina Gramer  Martin Kessler  Joachim Geyer 《Veterinary research communications》2016,40(2):89-95

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Immunological and pathological investigations in equine experimental uveitis     

Galina P. Simeonova  Svetozar Z. Krastev  Radostin S. Simeonov 《Veterinary research communications》2016,40(3-4):107-115

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桃在低温贮藏过程中品质变化研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

宋宏峰  郭磊  张斌斌  汪晨雨  周懋 《北方园艺》2016,(2):130-134

为比较不同类型桃在低温条件下的贮藏特性,以水蜜桃‘美香’和蟠桃‘银河’为试材,研究了低温贮藏过程中果皮颜色、果实硬度、可溶性糖和有机酸含量等的变化。结果表明:低温贮藏期间桃果皮颜色的变化在不同品种间表现有较大差异,‘银河’在贮藏过程中果皮颜色略微加深;2个品种果实硬度总体下降比较明显;不同品种果实可溶性糖含量的变化比较复杂,其中果实可溶性糖总量波动较小,蔗糖含量在贮藏后期明显下降;有机酸总量方面,‘美香’和‘银河’总体都呈现前期下降,至贮藏后期小幅上升的变化趋势,其中柠檬酸的含量在贮藏后期出现明显下降。  相似文献