文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Ji, Fengjie ¹ ; Yang, Huansheng ¹ ; Wang, Qiye ¹ ; Li, Jianzhong ¹ ; Zhou, Hanlin ¹ ; Liu, Shengmin ² ;

作者机构： 1.Hunan Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Hunan Int Joint Lab Anim Intestinal Ecol & Hlth, Lab Anim Nutr & Human Hlth, Changsha 410081, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Trop Crops Genet Resources Inst, Haikou 571101, Peoples R China

3.Hainan Agrifarming Anim Husb Grp Co Ltd, Haikou 570226, Peoples R China

关键词： Weaned piglet; Antibiotic alternative; Antimicrobial peptide; Colonic microbiota; Intestinal function

期刊名称：ANIMAL NUTRITION （ 影响因子：6.3； 五年影响因子：6.9 ）

ISSN： 2405-6383

年卷期： 2023 年 14 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Antibiotic resistance of pathogens, which is caused by the abuse of in-feed antibiotics, threatens the sustainable development of livestock production. The present study aimed to investigate the efficiency of porcine intestinal antimicrobial peptide (PIAP) as an alternative to in-feed antibiotics in terms of growth performance, intestinal morphology, digestive enzymes and immunity, and microbiota community of the post-weaning piglets. A total of 204 piglets (Duroc x Landrace x Yorkshire, weaned at 28 d age) with a similar body weight of 7.97 +/- 1.04 kg were randomly allocated to 4 groups (51 piglets per group): (1) control group: basal diet; (2) AB group: antibiotic, basal diet + chlortetracycline (1000 mg/kg from d 1 to 24; 500 mg/kg from d 25 to 37); (3) P1 group: basal diet + a relatively low dose of PIAP (400 mg/kg from d 1 to 24; 300 mg/kg from d 25 to 37); (4) P2 group, basal diet + a relatively high dose of PIAP (600 mg/ kg from d 1 to 24; 500 mg/kg from d 25 to 37). The results showed that serum indicators of hepatocyte damage and relative organ weight were not affected by these treatments (P > 0.05). Compared with the AB treatment, the P1 treatment remarkably decreased jejunal crypt depth and increased jejunal and ileal villus height:crypt depth ratio (P < 0.05). The values of jejunal maltase, lactase, sucrase, intestinal alkaline phosphatase, and secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) in the P1 group were sharply increased compared with those in the control and P2 groups (P < 0.05). Compared with the control group, the P1 group decreased serum concentrations of D-lactate, diamine oxidase, and endotoxin (P < 0.05), and increased the abundance of Lactobacillus reuteri (P < 0.05) in the colonic feces. Furthermore, there was a positive correlation between the abundance of L. reuteri and the concentrations of maltase, lactase, sucrase, and SIgA (P < 0.05). Collectively, dietary supplementation with a relatively low dose of PIAP (400 mg/kg from d 1 to 24; 300 mg/kg from d 25 to 37) demonstrates beneficial effects on intestinal morphology, digestive enzymes, immunity, and permeability by shaping the gut microbiota composition in weaned piglets. This study will provide a valuable reference for using PIAP as an in-feed antibiotic alternative in swine production. (c) 2023 The Authors. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/).