Dietary Mannan Oligosaccharides Modulate Gut Inflammatory Response and Improve Duodenal Villi Height in Post-Weaning Piglets Improving Feed Efficiency

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第一作者： Agazzi, Alessandro

作者： Agazzi, Alessandro;Perricone, Vera;Zorini, Fabio Omodei;Sandrini, Silvia;Thi Xuan Nguyen;Bontempo, Valentino;Domeneghini, Cinzia;Savoini, Giovanni;Mariani, Elena;Jiang, Xian-Ren;Ferrari, Alessandra;Crestani, Maurizio

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关键词： mannan oligosaccharides; post-weaning piglets; gut health; gene expression; intestinal morphology; faecal microbiota

期刊名称：ANIMALS （ 影响因子：2.752； 五年影响因子：2.942 ）

ISSN： 2076-2615

年卷期： 2020 年 10 卷 8 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Simple Summary Postweaning is a stressful period for piglets, accompanied by several modifications of the gastrointestinal tract, which can impair both animal health and performance. Nowadays, some classes of feed additives are under evaluation to benefit health status and promote growth in farm animals, modulating the development of the gastrointestinal tract and the residing microflora, and ameliorating the immune response during stressful situations. In the present study, we investigated the efficacy of mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) to support gut health and improve growth performance. Our results suggest that MOS can exert beneficial effects on gut health, improving duodenal morphology and modulating the expression of inflammation-related genes, which are accompanied by improved feed efficiency. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) on gut health and performance in post-weaning piglets. In total, 40 piglets were divided into two experimental groups and fed a basal diet with (TRT) or without (CON) 0.2% mannan oligosaccharides for 35 days. Growth performance was determined weekly and faecal microbial composition on days 0, 14 and 35. On day 36, histometrical evaluations were performed on duodenal, jejunal, ileal, and colon samples. mRNA gene expression of inflammation-related genes was evaluated in samples of ileal Peyer's patches (IPP). MOS administration improved feed efficiency in the last two weeks of the trial (p< 0.05), and a decreased clostridia content was found in faeces at day 14 (p= 0.05). TRT piglets showed increased duodenal villi height (p< 0.05), and reduced mRNA levels of Tumour Necrosis Factor alpha (p< 0.05) and Toll-Like Receptor 4 (p< 0.01) in IPP. Our results suggest beneficial effects of MOS supplementation on gut morphology and the expression of inflammation-related genes in post-weaning piglets, accompanied by increased feed efficiency.

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