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Probiotics and Achyranthes bidentata Polysaccharides Improve Growth Performance via Promoting Intestinal Nutrient Utilization and Enhancing Immune Function of Weaned Pigs
- Source :
- Animals, Volume 11, Issue 9, Animals, Vol 11, Iss 2617, p 2617 (2021), Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- The experiment aimed to investigate the effects of probiotics and Achyranthes bidentata polysaccharides on the growth performance, nutrients digestibility, and immune function of weaned pigs. One hundred and twenty weaned pigs (about 7 kg BW, 23 ± 2 d) were allotted to five dietary treatments (CON: antibiotics-free basal diet<br />ANT: CON + antibiotics<br />PRO: CON + probiotics<br />ABPS: CON + Achyranthes bidentata polysaccharides<br />P-ABPS: PRO + ABPS) for a 28-day trial. Compared with CON, pigs in ANT, PRO, ABPS, and P-ABPS had greater (p &lt<br />0.05) ADG, ATTD of CP and GE, serum ALB, IgA and IL-2, duodenal intraepithelial lymphocyte, ileal VH and jejunal mucosa sIgA, but lower (p &lt<br />0.05) fecal scores, serum BUN, and IL-1β. Meanwhile, ANT, PRO, ABPS, and P-ABPS exhibited similar beneficial roles on growth performance, nutrients digestibility, serum parameters, and immune function. Interestingly, P-ABPS effects were similar to those obtained with ANT rather than with PRO or ABPS. In conclusion, Dietary PRO or ABPS used alone or in combination (P-ABPS), the combination augmenting the positive effect more than the independent supplement, could improve piglets’ growth performance via promoting intestinal nutrient digestion and absorption and enhancing immune function, indicating it had the potential to act as an alternative to in-feed antibiotics used in piglet diets.
- Subjects :
- genetic structures
medicine.drug_class
Veterinary medicine
Antibiotics
Polysaccharide
Article
Immune system
SF600-1100
medicine
Food science
Achyranthes bidentata polysaccharides
weaned pigs
Feces
Achyranthes bidentata
chemistry.chemical_classification
growth performance
General Veterinary
biology
biology.organism_classification
ANT
QL1-991
probiotics
chemistry
Intraepithelial lymphocyte
Animal Science and Zoology
immune
Digestion
Zoology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20762615
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Animals
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5d4ae3518ef5b8dc8316ccc69947528e