Abstract
This study investigated the protective effects of probiotic on heat stress-induced intestinal injury and inflammatory response in broilers. A total of 180 male broilers were randomly allocated to three treatments with four replicates each from 22 to 42days of age. The broilers were either raised under thermoneutral (TN) conditions (23±1°C) or subjected to cyclic heat stress (28-35-28°C for 12hr daily). The broilers kept at TN conditions were fed a basal diet, and those exposed to heat stress were fed basal diets supplemented with or without probiotic at a dose of 1.5×108 cfu/kg. Compared with the TN group, heat stress decreased (p<.05) the growth performance, reduced (p<.05) villus height and villus height: crypt depth ratio in intestinal mucosa, increased (p<.05) serum levels of D-lactic acid on day 28 and endotoxin, TNF-α and IL-6 on day 42, and decreased (p<.05) serum IL-10 content on day 42. Dietary supplementation of probiotic reversed (p<.05) all these changes except for the growth performance in heat-stressed broilers. In conclusion, dietary inclusion of probiotic could improve intestinal morphology and barrier function, alleviate inflammatory response, but exert no ameliorative effect on growth performance of broilers under cyclic heat stress.
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