Highly nutritious diet resists Salmonella Typhimurium infections by improving intestinal microbiota and morphology in broiler chickens

• Published in: Poultry science Vol. 99; no. 12; pp. 7055 - 7065
• Main Authors: He, Yang, Yang, Yanyan, Dong, Yuanyang, Ito, Koichi, Zhang, Bingkun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.12.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal Feed - analysis; Animal Feed - standards; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animals; bacterial communities; body weight changes; broiler chickens; Chickens; crude protein; Cyanobacteria; diet; Diet - veterinary; enzyme activity; feed conversion; Gastrointestinal Microbiome - physiology; genes; ileal morphology; ileum; inflammation; intestinal bacteria; intestinal microorganisms; intestinal mucosa; Intestines - physiology; Lactobacillus; livestock production; metabolizable energy; Microbiology and Food Safety; myeloperoxidase; nutritional level; occludins; poultry diseases; Poultry Diseases - microbiology; Poultry Diseases - prevention & control; public health; Salmonella Infections, Animal - microbiology; Salmonella Infections, Animal - prevention & control; Salmonella Typhimurium; Toll-like receptor 4; toxins; transcription factor NF-kappa B; villi; intestinal bacteria; ileal morphology; nutritional level; broiler chickens; Salmonella Typhimurium

Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) infection in broiler chickens threatens public health and livestock production. In this study, we explored the effects of highly nutritious (crude protein 21.8%, metabolizable energy 3.16 Mcal/kg) and lowly nutritious (crude protein 18.1%, metabolizable energy...