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J.R. Moyle
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F. Solis de los Santos
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G.R. Huff
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W.E. Huff
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N.C. Rath
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M. Farnell
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A.C. Fanatico
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S.C. Ricke
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C. Enders
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U. Sonnenborn
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D.J. Donoghue
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A.M. Donoghue
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Concerns over the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in poultry
production has led to interest in finding alternative growth promoters such
as natural compounds and probiotics. Supplementing feed with probiotics has
shown to enhance the Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT) development of chickens and
turkeys. The human probiotic, E. coli Nissle 1917 (EC Nissle) has been
shown to stimulate innate immunity in mammals and to increase body weight in
poultry. However, the effect of this probiotic on GIT development has not been
studied. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of EC Nissle
in the maturation of the GIT of young turkey poults. Fifty-four day of hatch
turkey poults were housed in battery brooders and fed either a standard diet
or the same diet containing of 108cfu EC Nissle /bird/day for 21
days. For GIT morphometric analysis, birds were euthanized on days 4, 7 or 21
and samples collected to evaluate villus height, villus surface area, lamina
propria thickness, crypt depth and the number of neutral goblet cells. GIT morphometric
analysis was conducted on duodenum, jejunum, ileum and cecum on days 4 and 7
and the duodenum on day 21. Villus height and villus surface of the GIT were
higher in the EC Nissle treatments compared to control (p<0.05) on all sampling
days with the exception of the jejunum and ileum on day 4. Lamina propria thickness
and crypt depth were also increased in the EC Nissle treatment in all sections
of the GIT except on day 4 in the jejunum. These data suggest that this human
E. coli isolate enhanced the maturation of the GIT in young turkey poults
and may have potential as an alternative to growth promoting antibiotics. |
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