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Using Extract From the Stems and Leaves of Yizhi (Alpiniae oxyphyllae) as Feed Additive Increases Meat Quality and Intestinal Health in Ducks

Yizhi (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae, A. oxyphylla) has been widely used as an important traditional Chinese medicinal herb for centuries. Existing studies have shown that A. oxyphylla has numerous benefits in human and animal health. We hypothesized that extract from the stems and leaves of A. oxyphylla (AOE...

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Autores principales: Ji, Fengjie, Gu, Lihong, Rong, Guang, Hu, Chengjun, Sun, Weiping, Wang, Dingfa, Peng, Weiqi, Lin, Dajie, Liu, Quanwei, Wu, Hongzhi, Dai, Haofu, Zhou, Hanlin, Xu, Tieshan
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8841826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35174238
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.793698
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author Ji, Fengjie
Gu, Lihong
Rong, Guang
Hu, Chengjun
Sun, Weiping
Wang, Dingfa
Peng, Weiqi
Lin, Dajie
Liu, Quanwei
Wu, Hongzhi
Dai, Haofu
Zhou, Hanlin
Xu, Tieshan
author_facet Ji, Fengjie
Gu, Lihong
Rong, Guang
Hu, Chengjun
Sun, Weiping
Wang, Dingfa
Peng, Weiqi
Lin, Dajie
Liu, Quanwei
Wu, Hongzhi
Dai, Haofu
Zhou, Hanlin
Xu, Tieshan
author_sort Ji, Fengjie
collection PubMed
description Yizhi (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae, A. oxyphylla) has been widely used as an important traditional Chinese medicinal herb for centuries. Existing studies have shown that A. oxyphylla has numerous benefits in human and animal health. We hypothesized that extract from the stems and leaves of A. oxyphylla (AOE) as a feed additive may have positive effects on animal health and products. Thus, this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of AOE as a feed additive on growth performance, serum biochemical parameters, intestinal morphology, microbial composition, and meat quality in Jiaji ducks. A total of 240 Jiaji ducks of 42 days old (1675.8 ± 44.2 g, male: female ratio = 1:1) were blocked based on body weight and randomly allocated into four dietary treatments with three replicates that each had 20 duck individuals. The dietary treatments included: basal diet, control group (CK); basal diet supplementation with 30 mg/kg (Y1), 80 mg/kg (Y2), and 130 mg/kg (Y3) AOE, respectively, and lasted for 49 days. The results showed that average daily feed intake from day 42 to day 60 was decreased with the increasing level of AOE (P < 0.05). Compared with the CK group, the groups with AOE supplementation decreased serum LDL-C level (P < 0.05), the addition of 30 mg/kg AOE increased total amino acids, essential amino acids, branched-chain amino acids, nonessential amino acids, and umami taste amino acids (P < 0.05), but decreased selenium and zinc concentrations in breast muscle (P < 0.05). In addition, the supplementation of 30 or 130 mg/kg AOE significantly increased jejunal villus height (P < 0.05) and tended to increase the ratio of villus height to crypt depth in the jejunum (P = 0.092) compared to the CK group. Moreover, the addition of 30 mg/kg AOE showed a higher abundance of genus unclassified Bacteroidales and genus unclassified Ruminococcaceae than the CK group (P < 0.05). Therefore, dietary supplementation with 30 mg/kg AOE increased meat nutrition profile and flavor through promoting amino acid contents in breast muscle, as well as maintained intestine integrity and modulated the microbial composition. In conclusion, AOE as an antibiotic alternative displayed potential in maintaining intestinal health and improving meat quality.
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spelling pubmed-88418262022-02-15 Using Extract From the Stems and Leaves of Yizhi (Alpiniae oxyphyllae) as Feed Additive Increases Meat Quality and Intestinal Health in Ducks Ji, Fengjie Gu, Lihong Rong, Guang Hu, Chengjun Sun, Weiping Wang, Dingfa Peng, Weiqi Lin, Dajie Liu, Quanwei Wu, Hongzhi Dai, Haofu Zhou, Hanlin Xu, Tieshan Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science Yizhi (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae, A. oxyphylla) has been widely used as an important traditional Chinese medicinal herb for centuries. Existing studies have shown that A. oxyphylla has numerous benefits in human and animal health. We hypothesized that extract from the stems and leaves of A. oxyphylla (AOE) as a feed additive may have positive effects on animal health and products. Thus, this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of AOE as a feed additive on growth performance, serum biochemical parameters, intestinal morphology, microbial composition, and meat quality in Jiaji ducks. A total of 240 Jiaji ducks of 42 days old (1675.8 ± 44.2 g, male: female ratio = 1:1) were blocked based on body weight and randomly allocated into four dietary treatments with three replicates that each had 20 duck individuals. The dietary treatments included: basal diet, control group (CK); basal diet supplementation with 30 mg/kg (Y1), 80 mg/kg (Y2), and 130 mg/kg (Y3) AOE, respectively, and lasted for 49 days. The results showed that average daily feed intake from day 42 to day 60 was decreased with the increasing level of AOE (P < 0.05). Compared with the CK group, the groups with AOE supplementation decreased serum LDL-C level (P < 0.05), the addition of 30 mg/kg AOE increased total amino acids, essential amino acids, branched-chain amino acids, nonessential amino acids, and umami taste amino acids (P < 0.05), but decreased selenium and zinc concentrations in breast muscle (P < 0.05). In addition, the supplementation of 30 or 130 mg/kg AOE significantly increased jejunal villus height (P < 0.05) and tended to increase the ratio of villus height to crypt depth in the jejunum (P = 0.092) compared to the CK group. Moreover, the addition of 30 mg/kg AOE showed a higher abundance of genus unclassified Bacteroidales and genus unclassified Ruminococcaceae than the CK group (P < 0.05). Therefore, dietary supplementation with 30 mg/kg AOE increased meat nutrition profile and flavor through promoting amino acid contents in breast muscle, as well as maintained intestine integrity and modulated the microbial composition. In conclusion, AOE as an antibiotic alternative displayed potential in maintaining intestinal health and improving meat quality. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8841826/ /pubmed/35174238 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.793698 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ji, Gu, Rong, Hu, Sun, Wang, Peng, Lin, Liu, Wu, Dai, Zhou and Xu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Veterinary Science
Ji, Fengjie
Gu, Lihong
Rong, Guang
Hu, Chengjun
Sun, Weiping
Wang, Dingfa
Peng, Weiqi
Lin, Dajie
Liu, Quanwei
Wu, Hongzhi
Dai, Haofu
Zhou, Hanlin
Xu, Tieshan
Using Extract From the Stems and Leaves of Yizhi (Alpiniae oxyphyllae) as Feed Additive Increases Meat Quality and Intestinal Health in Ducks
title Using Extract From the Stems and Leaves of Yizhi (Alpiniae oxyphyllae) as Feed Additive Increases Meat Quality and Intestinal Health in Ducks
title_full Using Extract From the Stems and Leaves of Yizhi (Alpiniae oxyphyllae) as Feed Additive Increases Meat Quality and Intestinal Health in Ducks
title_fullStr Using Extract From the Stems and Leaves of Yizhi (Alpiniae oxyphyllae) as Feed Additive Increases Meat Quality and Intestinal Health in Ducks
title_full_unstemmed Using Extract From the Stems and Leaves of Yizhi (Alpiniae oxyphyllae) as Feed Additive Increases Meat Quality and Intestinal Health in Ducks
title_short Using Extract From the Stems and Leaves of Yizhi (Alpiniae oxyphyllae) as Feed Additive Increases Meat Quality and Intestinal Health in Ducks
title_sort using extract from the stems and leaves of yizhi (alpiniae oxyphyllae) as feed additive increases meat quality and intestinal health in ducks
topic Veterinary Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8841826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35174238
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.793698
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