Journal
BIOENGINEERING-BASEL
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10030346
Keywords
antibiotic resistance genes (ARG); antibiotic resistance (AR); EUBIO-BPSG; gut microbiota; laying hens; short-chain fatty acids and derivatives (SCFA)
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This study investigates the function and mechanism of a phytogenic formulation, EUBIO-BPSG, in laying hens and finds that it improves health and egg production while increasing beneficial bacteria and decreasing pathogens, as well as reducing antibiotic resistance and resistance genes.
Gut microbiota play a key role in health maintenance and disease pathogenesis in animals. Dietary phytochemicals are crucial factors shaping gut bacteria. Here, we investigated the function and mechanism of a phytogenic formulation, EUBIO-BPSG (BP), in laying hens. We found that BP dose-dependently improved health and egg production in 54-week-old hens. Furthermore, BP was correlated with increased fecal Lactobacillus, decreased Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica, and reduced antibiotic resistance (AR) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in chicken stools. The 16S rDNA data showed that BP increased seven genera of probiotics and reduced 13 genera of pathogens in chicken feces. In vitro co-culture experiments showed that BP at 4 mu g/mL and above promoted growth of L. reuteri while large 100- and 200-fold higher doses suppressed growth of E. coli and S. enterica, respectively. Mechanistic studies indicated that L. reuteri and its supernatants antagonized growth of E. coli and S. enterica but not vice-versa. Five short-chain fatty acids and derivatives (SCFA) produced from L. reuteri directly killed both pathogens via membrane destruction. Furthermore, BP inhibited conjugation and recombination of ARG via interference with conjugation machinery and integrase activity in E. coli. Collectively, this work suggests that BP promotes host health and reproductive performance in laying hens through regulation of gut microbiota through increasing probiotics and decreasing pathogens and spreading ARG.
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