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PEPTIDES
卷 35, 期 2, 页码 225-230出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.03.030
关键词
Antimicrobial peptides; Antibiotics; Weaned piglets
资金
- Beijing Scientific Plan [D09010104270000]
- China National Scientific and Technological Supporting Plan [2011BAD26802]
This study was conducted to determine the effects of the antimicrobial peptide cecropin on performance and intestinal health in piglets. Newly weaned barrows were randomly assigned to one of three treatments (n = 8), including a corn-soybean basal diet or similar diets supplemented with antibiotics (100 mg/kg kitasamycin plus 800 mg/kg colistin sulfate) or 400 mg/kg cecropin AD. On day 13, all piglets were orally challenged with 10(9) CFU/mL of Escherichia coli K88. On day 19, all piglets were euthanized and sampled. Before challenge, piglets fed antibiotics had greater weight gain, feed efficiency, nitrogen and energy retention than the control (P < 0.05). E. coli challenge decreased weight gain, feed intake and feed efficiency for the control piglets (P < 0.05) but not for the antibiotic or cecropin AD treated piglets. The incidence of diarrhea post-challenge in the antibiotic and cecropin AD treatments decreased compared with the control piglets. The total viable counts of cecal E. coli were lower while the Lactobacilli counts were higher in the antibiotic and cecropin AD treatments compared with the control (P < 0.05). Cecropin AD treatment decreased total aerobes while increasing total anaerobes in the ileum (P < 0.05). A higher villus height to crypt depth ratio in the jejunum and ileum as well as a deeper crypt depth in the jejunum and higher villus height in the ileum were observed in piglets fed antibiotics or cecropin AD compared with control piglets (P < 0.05). Piglets fed the control diet had lower levels of secretory IgA in their jejunum and lower serum IgA, IgG, interleukin-1 beta and interleukin-6 compared with the other treatments (P < 0.05). Overall, these data suggest that cecropin AD enhances pig performance through increasing immune status and nitrogen and energy retention as well as reducing intestinal pathogens in weaned piglets. (c) 2012 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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