Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Dietary supplementation with berberine improves growth performance and modulates the composition and function of cecal microbiota in yellow-feathered broilers |
| Authors: |
Cui Zhu, Kaiyong Huang, Yinshan Bai, Xin Feng, Li Gong, Chuangxin Wei, Hanze Huang, Huihua Zhang |
| Source: |
Poultry Science, Vol 100, Iss 2, Pp 1034-1048 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
Elsevier, 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Animal culture |
| Subject Terms: |
berberine, broiler, cecum, gut microbiota, growth performance, Animal culture, SF1-1100 |
| More Details: |
This study investigated the effect of berberine (BBR) on growth performance and composition and function of cecal microbiota in yellow-feathered broilers. A total of 360 1-day-old female broilers were assigned to 3 dietary treatments, each with 6 replicates of 20 birds. The dietary treatments consisted of a basal diet as negative control (NC), basal plus 200 mg/kg oxytetracycline calcium and 250 mg/kg nasiheptide as an antibiotic positive control (PC), and basal plus 250 mg/kg BBR. On day 21, 42, and 63, one chicken from each replicate was randomly selected for blood collection and cecal sampling. The 16S rRNA sequencing technology was used to analyze the community composition and function of cecal microbiota. Dietary supplementation with antibiotics or BBR increased the final body weight (BW) at day 63 and the average daily gain (ADG) during 1 to 21 d compared with the NC (P |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
0032-5791 |
| Relation: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120308476; https://doaj.org/toc/0032-5791 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.psj.2020.10.071 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/16e35f7cc5084e50a815f5b9fbec0332 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.16e35f7cc5084e50a815f5b9fbec0332 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
