Effect of Dietary Clostridium butyricum Supplementation on Growth Performance, Intestinal Barrier Function, Immune Function, and Microbiota Diversity of Pekin Ducks

• Published in: Animals (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 9; p. 2514
• Main Authors: Liu, Yanhan, Liu, Cun, An, Keying, Gong, Xiaowei, Xia, Zhaofei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 26.08.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; Bacteria; Bacteroidetes; Bioengineering; blood serum; C. butyricum; Clostridium butyricum; Cytokines; Diet; dietary supplements; Feeds; Gene expression; growth performance; immune response; interleukin-10; interleukin-4; intestinal microorganisms; intestine microbial; intestines; Microbiota; occludins; Pekin; Pekin duck; Probiotics; SCFAs; Small intestine; Soybeans; tight junction; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; villi; waterfowl; Beijing China; United States > US; China

Clostridium butyricum (C. butyricum) is increasingly being used to test the promotion of the gut health of animals. However, the modes of action for such applications for waterfowl remain unclear. Thus, we investigated whether or not intestinal barrier function, immune-related gene expression, and t...