Effects of Xylo-Oligosaccharides on Broiler Chicken Performance and Microbiota.
Appl Environ Microbiol
; 81(17): 5880-8, 2015 Sep 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26092452
ABSTRACT
In broiler chickens, feed additives, including prebiotics, are widely used to improve gut health and to stimulate performance. Xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) are hydrolytic degradation products of arabinoxylans that can be fermented by the gut microbiota. In the current study, we aimed to analyze the prebiotic properties of XOS when added to the broiler diet. Administration of XOS to chickens, in addition to a wheat-rye-based diet, significantly improved the feed conversion ratio. XOS significantly increased villus length in the ileum. It also significantly increased numbers of lactobacilli in the colon and Clostridium cluster XIVa in the ceca. Moreover, the number of gene copies encoding the key bacterial enzyme for butyrate production, butyryl-coenzyme A (butyryl-CoA)acetate CoA transferase, was significantly increased in the ceca of chickens administered XOS. In this group of chickens, at the species level, Lactobacillus crispatus and Anaerostipes butyraticus were significantly increased in abundance in the colon and cecum, respectively. In vitro fermentation of XOS revealed cross-feeding between L. crispatus and A. butyraticus. Lactate, produced by L. crispatus during XOS fermentation, was utilized by the butyrate-producing Anaerostipes species. These data show the beneficial effects of XOS on broiler performance when added to the feed, which potentially can be explained by stimulation of butyrate-producing bacteria through cross-feeding of lactate and subsequent effects of butyrate on gastrointestinal function.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Oligosaccharides
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Bacteria
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Chickens
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Prebiotics
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Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Appl Environ Microbiol
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Belgium