Body and intestinal growth of broiler chicks on a commercial starter diet. 1. Intestinal weight and mucosal development

1. A study was conducted on the pattern of development of the intestinal mucosa of the Steggles x Ross (F1) strain of broiler chickens reared on a commercial starter diet. The mechanisms underlying the structural changes were also assessed. 2. In relation to body weight, small intestinal weight peaked at 7 d of age and declined subsequently. There was also a reduction in the relative weights of the gizzard and yolk sac with age. The length of the small intestine and its regions increased with age. 3. Crypt depth increased with age in the duodenum and jejunum while villus height increased significantly with age in all three regions of the small intestine. There were also significant changes in apparent villus surface area in the three regions, while interactions between age and intestinal region were significant in the case of crypt depth and villus height. 4. There were significant differences between the age groups in the mucosal protein content of jejunal and ileal homogenates, both tending to peak at 7 d of age. The DNA content of the intestinal mucosa declined with age in the three regions of the small intestine. While there was an increase in RNA content in the duodenum and ileum, there was a reduction in the jejunum. 5. Protein: DNA ratio increased between hatch and 21 d of age in all intestinal regions. Protein: RNA ratio decreased with age in the duodenum and ileum but increased in the jejunum. There were significant increases in RNA: DNA ratio in the duodenum and ileum but no changes were observed in the jejunum. The interactions between age and intestinal region were significant for all biochemical indices assessed. 6. At all ages, enterocyte proliferation at the jejunum was completed and quantifiable within 1 h of administration of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrDU). Subsequent assessment revealed an increase in crypt column count and number of BrDU-labelled cells. The rate of cell migration increased with age while there was a decline in the distance migrated in proportion to mucosal depth. The estimated life-span of enterocytes and time spent by enterocytes in the crypt varied with age. In d-old and 7-d-old chicks, migration was complete or nearly complete within 96 h of cell birth. 7. Although the intestinal mucosa of the strain was structurally developed at hatch, there was much change in structure with age, especially over the first 7 d post hatch. The rate of development was most rapid in the jejunum but the other regions are also important, on account of villus height or relative length of the region.     

Impact of Yersinia enterocolitica enteritis on disaccharidase activity and small intestinal morphology in colostrum-deprived newborn piglets

The effect of enteritis on the development of the small intestine was examined in newborn, colostrum-deprived piglets infected with a human isolate of Y. enterocolitica (serotype 0:3, biotype 4) soon after birth. The piglets were killed 3 days (n = 6) or 5 days (n = 8) after infection, or antibiotic therapy was commenced on day 5 and the animals killed on day 14 (n = 5). Compared with the non-infected controls, infected animals had reduced mucosal lactase and sucrase, but not maltase activity, while after antibiotic therapy, previously infected piglets had a lower lactase and a higher maltase and sucrase activity. Lactase activity was significantly reduced in the duodenum and jejunum, and mean values were lower in the ileum, but the difference did not reach significance; maltase activity was greater at all ages from the distal jejunum to the mid-ileum; sucrase activity was reduced in all segments up to day 5 but after antibiotic therapy was increased in the jejunum and appeared early in the ileum. Enzyme profiles were more mature along the crypt-villus axis in some segments of the intestine in previously infected piglets. Sodium-potassium-ATPase activity was unchanged. There was a reduced villus height:crypt depth ratio, crypt hyperplasia and increased crypt cell proliferation. Morphological maturation, indicated by loss of vacuoles and location of the nucleus at the base of the enterocyte, proceeded distally from the duodenum to ileum from 3 to 14 days of age when only the ileum remained immature. In infected piglets, there was reduced vacuolation and earlier location of the nucleus at the base of the cell in the distal intestine. Accelerated maturity of specific disaccharidases and enterocyte morphology in infected piglets appears to be due to physical damage to the mucosa resulting in faster proliferation of crypt cells and migration of enterocytes. It is suggested that this may reduce macromolecular internalisation and impair the ability to utilise dietary carbohydrate and may have long-term effects on growth and immunological responses of the gut.     

饲粮纤维源对仔猪生长性能、肠道发育及其消化酶活性的影响

通过检测饲粮中添加不同来源的纤维对猪生长性能、肠道发育及其消化酶活性的影响,初步探讨饲粮纤维源调控仔猪肠道健康的可能机制。试验共选取健康状况良好、体重均一[(9.26±0.17) kg]的仔猪840头(杜×长×大;32日龄),随机分为3个处理组:对照组(control group, CG),苜蓿草粉组(alfalfa meal group, AG),商品浓缩纤维组(commodity concentrated fiber, OG),每个处理4个重复,每个重复70头仔猪。预试期3 d,试验于35日龄开始,60日龄结束时屠宰取样,测量肠道重量及长度,观察小肠段绒毛形态结构并测定消化酶活性。结果发现,AG较CG显著降低仔猪的腹泻率(P<0.05),但对仔猪平均日增重、平均日采食量、料肉比均无显著影响(P>0.05);AG、OG较CG显著提高仔猪的大肠段长度和重量(P<0.05);AG较CG改善了空肠的绒毛高度及绒隐比(P>0.05),AG较OG显著提高了空肠的绒毛高度及绒隐比(P<0.05),OG较CG显著提高了回肠的绒毛高度(P<0.05);OG较CG显著降低了空肠中淀粉酶活性(P<0.05),AG较CG、OG显著提高了糜蛋白酶活性(P<0.05)。结果表明,饲粮中添加适量的苜蓿草粉可以促进仔猪的肠道发育,降低仔猪腹泻率,从而有利于仔猪生长发育。     

Small intestinal development in the young chick: crypt formation and enterocyte proliferation and migration

1. Post-natch mucosal development was examined in the chick small intestinal epithelium using immunostaining with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU). 2. On the day of hatching jejunal crypts were small and a single crypt per villus was observed. However, during the 108 h post-hatch crypts developed rapidly branching and increasing in size, cell numbers and cell size. 3. Almost all epithelial cells in the small intestine of the hatching chick were proliferating, as indicated by PCNA and BrdU, while more than 80% of proliferating cells were localised in the crypts after 108 h post hatch. 4. Estimate of villus cell transit time using BrdU was only possible from 48 h post-hatch when villus transit time was 72 h in the jejunum, whereas at 336 h transit time was 96 h. 5. In the 108 h post hatch a rapid transition occurs from total jejunal epithelial cell proliferation and immature crypts to a defined proliferative zone in the crypts, with constant division and migration.     

枯草芽孢杆菌对肉鸡肠道消化酶活性、黏膜结构及肠道菌群组成的影响

将216羽1日龄罗斯308肉鸡随机分成对照组和处理组,每组设3个重复,每个重复36羽。对照组饲喂基础日粮,处理组饲喂基础日粮加枯草芽孢杆菌制剂。饲养期42d。结果显示：与对照组相比,处理组肉鸡十二指肠内容物中胰蛋白酶、淀粉酶、脂肪酶和总蛋白水解酶的活性均显著提高（P〈0.05）;十二指肠、空肠和回肠绒毛高度显著增加（P〈0.05）,绒毛高度和隐窝深度的比值（VH/CD）显著升高（P〈0.05）;空肠和盲肠内容物中乳酸菌数量显著增加（P〈0.05）,大肠杆菌数量显著降低（P〈0.05）。结果表明,肉鸡日粮中添加适量的枯草芽孢杆菌能显著提高肉鸡消化酶活性,改善肉鸡肠黏膜结构及菌群组成,从而提高肉鸡的生长性能。     

Intestinal function and gut microflora of broiler chickens as influenced by cereal grains and microbial enzyme supplementation

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of the key cereal grains and a microbial enzyme supplement on broiler chicken performance, gut microflora and intestinal function. Ingestion of the barley-based diet was associated with low 28-day body weight, decreased feed intake and high FCR. The supplemental enzyme increased feed intake and weight gain of the chickens on a wheat-based diet. The pH of the gizzard and caecal contents varied with the grain type. Enzyme supplementation reduced ileal viscosity, particularly in birds that received the diet based on wheat. The birds on the barley-based diet had lower ileal digestibility of dry matter, protein and energy than those given maize and sorghum-based diets. The ileal digestibility of starch was increased by enzyme supplementation. Enzyme supplementation increased the number of total anaerobic bacteria in the gizzard of birds fed on sorghum and increased lactobacilli in the gizzard of those fed both sorghum and wheat. The birds fed the sorghum-based diet had the lowest counts of caecal total anaerobic bacteria and lactobacilli. Jejunal villus height and villus:crypt ratio of birds fed the barley-based diet were the lowest when compared with those fed the other diets. Enzyme application induced an increase in villus height and villus:crypt ratio of birds on wheat, crypt depth on barley and a reduction in crypt depth of chickens on the sorghum-based diets. The highest activity of maltase and the lowest activity of sucrase were observed in tissue from birds fed on maize and sorghum-based diets respectively. The differences in the performance of broilers on cereal grains could be explained by changes in intestinal morphology, enzyme activities and gut microflora as well as nutrient digestibility. The improved performance by supplemental enzyme in wheat-fed chickens was associated with beneficial changes in intestinal morphology and digesta viscosity.     

葛根素对饲喂氧化大豆油肉鸡小肠黏膜屏障功能及抗氧化能力的影响

本试验旨在研究葛根素对饲喂氧化大豆油饲粮黄羽肉鸡小肠黏膜形态结构、紧密连接蛋白基因表达及抗氧化能力的影响。试验采用2×2因子设计,因子包括油脂质量（新鲜大豆油和氧化大豆油）和葛根素添加水平（0、750 mg·kg^-1）。选取健康1日龄雌性黄羽肉鸡360只,随机分成4个处理组,分别为新鲜大豆油饲粮组、新鲜大豆油+葛根素（750 mg·kg^-1）饲粮组、氧化大豆油饲粮组和氧化大豆油+葛根素（750 mg·kg^-1）饲粮组,每组6个重复,每个重复15羽。在28和56日龄时,每个重复随机选取1只鸡,取十二指肠、空肠、回肠检测小肠形态结构和测定小肠黏膜紧密连接蛋白基因表达及抗氧化指标。结果表明：1）饲喂氧化大豆油显著降低28日龄肉鸡十二指肠的绒毛高度和绒毛高度/隐窝深度（V/C）、回肠V/C和claudin-1 mRNA表达量以及56日龄肉鸡3个肠段的绒毛高度及V/C （P<0.05）,显著升高56日龄3个肠段的隐窝深度（P<0.05）。饲粮中添加葛根素显著提高28日龄肉鸡空肠绒毛高度和V/C、回肠闭合小环蛋白1（ZO-1） mRNA表达量和56日龄肉鸡十二指肠V/C、空肠和回肠的绒毛高度及V/C （P<0.05）,显著降低3个肠段的隐窝深度（P<0.05）。2）饲喂氧化大豆油显著升高28日龄十二指肠还原型谷胱甘肽（GSH）含量和空肠还原型谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（GSH-Px）活性（P<0.05）,并显著降低28日龄回肠GSH含量、超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活力和总抗氧化能力（T-AOC）（P<0.05）。饲粮中添加葛根素显著提高28日龄肉鸡十二指肠GSH-Px活性（P<0.05）。饲喂氧化大豆油显著降低56日龄回肠SOD活性和T-AOC （P<0.05）,饲粮中添加葛根素显著提高56日龄肉鸡十二指肠SOD和回肠SOD、GSH-Px活性（P<0.05）,显著降低56日龄肉鸡空肠GSH含量、SOD活性、T-AOC和回肠T-AOC （P<0.05）。综上所述,饲喂氧化大豆油破坏肠道黏膜形态结构、降低紧密连接蛋白基因的表达量和抗氧化能力,添加葛根素可提高肉鸡小肠黏膜紧密连接蛋白基因的表达量,改善氧化损伤条件下肠道黏膜形态结构,提高抗氧化酶的活性而提高其抗氧化能力。     

Effect of dietary supplementation with an ethanolic extract of propolis on broiler intestinal morphology and digestive enzyme activity

The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of different levels of an ethanolic extract of propolis (EEP) on broiler performance, carcass characteristics, weight of gastrointestinal organs, intestinal morphometry and digestive enzyme activity. 1020 male broiler chicks were assigned in a completely randomised experimental design to six treatments (EEP supplement levels of 0, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 and 5000 ppm) and five replications, and 34 birds per experimental unit. The experimental diets were administered from 1 to 21 days of age, and the birds were subsequently provided a ration based on corn and soybean meal. EEP supplementation from 1 to 7 days negatively affected (p < 0.05) the weight gain and feed intake. The proventriculus weight at 7 days exhibited a quadratic response (p < 0.05), which predicted a lower weight at a dose of 2865 ppm of the EEP. For the duodenum at 21 days of age, the response pattern (p < 0.05) predicted that birds that were fed 2943 and 3047 ppm of the EEP would exhibit an improved crypt depth and villus‐to‐crypt ratio respectively. The villus height, crypt depth and villus‐to‐crypt ratio in the jejunum and the ileum were not affected (p > 0.05). With increased EEP doses, the duodenal sucrase activity linearly decreased at 7 days of age and linearly increased in the jejunum at 21 days of age (p < 0.05), while pancreatic enzyme activity was unaffected (p > 0.05). Although the carcass and cut yields did not improve, the percentage of abdominal fat decreased (p < 0.05). The supplementation of the broiler pre‐starter diet with 1000–5000 ppm of the EEP impaired performance at this stage, most likely due to the decreased sucrase activity. However, the EEP supplementation from 3000 ppm improved intestinal morphophysiology at 21 days of age and did not affect the performance or carcass yield at 42 days of age.     

Effect of dietary copper on intestinal mucosa enzyme activity, morphology, and turnover rates in weanling pigs.

Twenty-four pigs from four litters weaned at 21 d of age (6.6 kg of BW) were used to evaluate the influence of 250 ppm of dietary Cu on intestinal mucosa glucose-6-phosphatase (GP), alkaline phosphatase (AP), and adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity; mucosal morphology; and the turnover rate of the intestinal mucosa throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Pigs were allotted into four pens of six pigs each based on sex, litter, and weight. Pens were then assigned to one of two treatments: 1) corn-soybean meal-whey diet with no antimicrobials (CO), or 2) CO + 250 ppm of Cu. Pigs were fed twice daily an amount approximately equal to ad libitum intake for 14 d. On d 14, pigs were injected i.p. with [3H]thymidine (50 microCi/kg of BW) 10 h after the morning meal. One pig from each pen was euthanatized at 1, 6, 12, 20, 32, and 44 h postinjection, and intestinal tissue was collected from the duodenum, two jejunum sites (upper and lower), ileum, cecum, and colon. The activity of GP and AP in the lower jejunum tended to decrease in pigs fed Cu (P less than .11, P less than .08, respectively). The ATPase activity was not affected by treatment (P greater than .10). Crypt death, villus height, or epithelial cell size (P greater than .10) were not affected by feeding Cu. Migration rate of epithelial cells up the villus was also not affected by treatment (P greater than .10).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Functional development and intestinal absorption in the young poult

1. Absorption, secretion of digestive enzymes and intestinal morphology were determined in poults from hatching to 19 d. 2. Oleic acid was approximately 80% absorbed at hatch and this changed little with age and was not influenced by fasting. In contrast, glucose and methionine were 48 to 56% absorbed at hatch and this increased to 75 to 80% at 4 d; however, this increase in absorption was inhibited by fasting. Percentage absorption of protein did not change between 5 and 19 d, whereas absolute uptake of fat and protein and net secretion of digestive enzymes and fatty acids and N to the duodenum increased with age and body weight (BW). 3. The length and diameter and villus size in the small intestines increased rapidly after hatch whereas the number of villi per cross section did not change with age. Duodenum and ileum surface area reached a plateau after 11 d whereas jejunal surface area continued to increase until 19 d. Duodenal and ileal surface area were not related to BW, but jejunal surface area was significantly correlated. 4. While the major part of the absorption occurred in the duodenum and upper jejunum, uptake of both protein and fat increased in the distal segments of the small intestine with age. Overall absorption of both fat and protein was correlated with BW. 5. It appears that in the posthatch poult intestinal surface area is not a limiting factor in growth, which was correlated with digestive secretions, fat and protein uptake.     

Effect of weaning on small intestinal structure and function in the piglet.

Fifty-four piglets were selected from 12 litters weaned at 17 (Treatment 1), 21 (Treatment 2), 28 (Treatment 3) and 35 (Treatment 4) days old, respectively, to determine the effect of weaning age on small intestinal villus morphology, immunology and histochemistry. From proximal duodenum, proximal jejunum, distal jejunum and middle ileum, intestinal samples with three replicates (piglets) in each treatment were taken at 18, 22, 28 and 36; 22, 28, 36 and 43; 28, 36, 43, and 50; and 18, 22, 28, 36, 43 and 50 d of age in Treatment 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. This was equivalent to 12 h, 3 d, 1 week, 2 week postweaning in Treatment 1; 12 h, 1 week, 2 week, 3 week postweaning in Treatment 2 and 3, and all the same age in Treatment 4 as in Treatment 1, 2, 3, respectively. The results showed that villous height of duodenum and proximal jejunum decreased significantly in Treatment 1 and 3. Crypt depth in the duodenum, proximal jejunum and ileum also decreased significantly in Treatment 1. Date had significant effect on villous height of the duodenum, distal jejunum and ileum with the shortest on day 29 and crypt depth of all positions increased with piglet age except the crypt depth in proximal jejunum decreased on day 50. Weaning age and day of age had significant effects on intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) number and goblet cell (GC) number at all positions of small intestinal mucosa in piglets. The number of IEL at all segments of small intestinal mucosa in Treatment 3 increased significantly compared to those in other treatments, but IEL number at all locations of small intestinal mucosa in Treatment 2 decreased significantly compared to those in other treatments. The number of GC in small intestinal mucosa increased significantly in early-weaned (< day 21) piglets. It appears that providing fluid milk replacer for a few days postweaning could dramatically reduce the negative impact of weaning on villous morphology and digestive and absorptive function, especially in pigs weaned prior to 3 week of age. Finally, as weaning age was reduced, GC had a greater role in intestinal duct protection.     

Enterocyte digestive enzyme activity along the crypt-villus and longitudinal axes in the neonatal pig small intestine

Our objective was to examine the distribution of enterocyte digestive enzyme activity along the crypt-villus and longitudinal axes of the small intestine in formula-fed neonatal pigs between the ages of 14 and 18 d. The distended intestinal sac method was used to isolate 12 sequential fractions (F1 through F12) of epithelial cells. Enterocyte migration rate was measured in the proximal and distal intestine using in vivo bromodeoxyuridine labeling. Specific activities of representative villus cell marker enzymes of alkaline phosphatase, aminopeptidase N, sucrase, and lactase increased 6- to 17-fold from F12 (crypt cells) to F1 (villus cells), whereas the crypt cell marker [3H]thymidine incorporation increased 8- to 18-fold from F1 (villus cells) to F12 (crypt cells). Enterocyte migration rate was similar (3.2 vs 3.0 microm/h), whereas the villus height (547.4 vs 908.5 microm) and enterocyte life span (4.7 vs 10.2 d) were markedly lower (P < 0.05) in the proximal than in the distal segments, respectively. In general, the specific activities of all enzymes were lowest in the crypt fractions (F9 through F12) but increased markedly (ranging from 8- to 17-fold) from F12 to F1. The activity of aminopeptidase N was higher and that of sucrase was lower in the distal than in the proximal segment. The activities of the remaining enzymes were similar in the proximal and the distal segments. Our results suggest that the enterocyte life span in the distal small intestine is approximately twice as long as in the proximal small intestine. However, despite the difference in life span, the patterns of enzyme activities along the crypt-villus axis were generally similar in the proximal and the distal regions.     

不同水平玉米赤霉烯酮对断奶母仔猪血清酶、代谢产物和肠道形态的影响

本试验旨在研究不同水平玉米赤霉烯酮(ZEA)对断奶母仔猪血清酶、代谢产物和肠道形态的影响。选取28日龄平均体重为(14.01±0.86)kg、健康的三元杂交(杜×长×大)雌性断奶仔猪40头,随机分为4组,每组10头。对照组饲喂基础饲粮,试验1组、试验2组和试验3组在基础饲粮中分别添加0.5、1.0和1.5 mg/kg ZEA。预试期10 d,正试期35 d。结果表明:1)与对照组相比,各试验组的谷草转氨酶、碱性磷酸酶和乳酸脱氢酶活性显著升高(P0.05);试验2组的血清总胆固醇含量显著升高(P0.05);试验3组血清尿素氮和高密度脂蛋白(HDL)含量显著升高(P0.05),血清总蛋白含量则显著降低(P0.05)。2)与对照组相比,试验组十二指肠和空肠绒毛高度和隐窝深度都显著增大(P0.05)。试验1组和试验2组十二指肠绒毛高度/隐窝深度值显著提高(P0.05),空肠绒毛高度/隐窝深度值显著降低(P0.05),回肠绒毛高度和绒毛高度/隐窝深度值都显著升高(P0.05)。3)与对照组相比,试验组十二指肠绒毛高度明显增大且排列疏松无序,小肠腺数量减少,黏膜厚度变薄。4)与对照组相比,试验组空肠绒毛高度增大,小肠腺数量减少,并且试验2组和试验3组空肠上皮脱落固有层裸露。5)与对照组相比,试验1组和试验2组回肠绒毛高度增大且黏膜下层内弥散淋巴细胞增多。由此可见,饲粮中添加ZEA(0.5~1.5 mg/kg)改变了断奶母仔猪的肝脏代谢和肠道的形态结构,进而影响断奶母仔猪的健康生长。     

Expression and localisation of calbindin D28k in all intestinal segments of the laying hen

1. The aim of the present study was to investigate expression and localisation of a 28-kDa calcium-binding protein (CaBP-D28k) related to active calcium (Ca) absorption, in the entire intestine of egg-laying hens. 2. Western blotting analysis showed that the entire intestine expressed CaBP-D28k to the following degree: duodenum > jejunum > caecum > ileum > colon. Immunohistochemistry showed strong CaBP-D28k localisation in enterocytes along the villus tip-crypt axis in the duodenum and in villus tips in the caecum and colon. The jejunum and ileum had moderate localisation with respect to the number of immunoreactive cells and staining intensity. 3. These results suggest that laying hens actively absorb Ca in both the large and small intestines.     

抗菌肽对肉兔小肠黏膜形态、盲肠菌群和免疫功能的影响

本试验旨在研究不同水平抗菌肽对肉兔小肠黏膜形态、盲肠菌群和免疫功能的影响。选取体重相近的35日龄断奶的新西兰肉兔160只,随机分为5组,每组4个重复,每个重复8只(公母各占1/2)。对照组饲喂基础饲粮,试验组分别饲喂在基础饲粮中添加30 mg/kg喹乙醇以及150、200和250 mg/kg抗菌肽的试验饲粮。试验期8周。结果表明:各添加水平抗菌肽均显著提高了空肠绒毛高度,十二指肠、空肠和回肠绒毛高度与隐窝深度的比值以及盲肠乳酸杆菌数量(P<0.05),显著降低了空肠隐窝深度以及盲肠总好氧菌和大肠杆菌数量(P<0.05)。此外,200 mg/kg抗菌肽还显著提高了回肠绒毛高度以及盲肠总厌氧菌和双歧杆菌数量(P<0.05),显著降低了十二指肠和回肠隐窝深度(P<0.05),显著增加了血清免疫球蛋白M和补体3含量(P<0.05)。由此得出,在饲粮中添加抗菌肽可以改善肉兔小肠黏膜形态,刺激盲肠有益菌的增殖并抑制有害菌的增殖,同时还可提高机体的免疫功能。本试验条件下,抗菌肽在肉兔饲粮中的适宜添加量为200 mg/kg。     

Cell differentiation in intestinal adenomatosis of pigs studied by histochemistry of laminin and enzymes of epithelial and subepithelial tissue

The distribution of enzymes and laminin was examined in ileal tissue from pigs suffering from intestinal adenomatosis to reveal the nature of the lesion. A disruption of the normal and specific pattern of distribution was found. Thus, the normal ileal epithelium was characterised by brush border enzymes: alkaline phosphatase, magnesium-dependent adenosine triphosphatase (Mg-ATPase), fluoride resistant acid phosphatase and 5'-nucleotidase; enzymes of the basolateral border: Mg-ATPase; and cytoplasmic enzymes: beta-glucuronidase, non-specific esterase and acid phosphatase. Subepithelial fibroblasts seemed to be characterised by 5'-nucleotidase. Laminin was present as a continuous band under the surface and crypt epithelium, somewhat thicker in the former. In contrast, the branching proliferating crypts of intestinal adenomatosis largely lacked enzymes characteristic of both villus and crypt cells. Reactions for the subepithelial components, laminin and fibroblasts were also reduced. The deficient differentiation of the epithelial as well as subepithelial components in porcine intestinal adenomatosis distinguish the condition from crypt hyperplasia and indicate an adenoma-like character.     

乳酸片球菌对肥育猪生长性能及肠道抗氧化能力、形态结构和菌群的影响

本试验旨在研究乳酸片球菌对肥育猪生长性能及肠道抗氧化能力、形态结构和菌群的影响。选取48头体重为(62.46±1.20)kg的"杜×长×大"肥育猪,将其随机分为2组,每组4个重复,每个重复6头猪(公母各占1/2)。对照组饲喂基础饲粮,试验组饲喂基础饲粮中添加0.1 g/kg乳酸片球菌制剂(1.0×10~(10)CFU/g)的试验饲粮。试验期56 d。结果表明,与对照组相比:1)饲粮添加乳酸片球菌对肥育猪平均日采食量、平均日增重、料重比无显著影响(P0.05)。2)饲粮添加乳酸片球菌显著提高了肥育猪十二指肠谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)活性、空肠总抗氧化能力(T-AOC)和总超氧化物歧化酶(T-SOD)活性以及回肠过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性(P0.05)。3)饲粮添加乳酸片球菌显著降低了肥育猪十二指肠隐窝深度(P0.05),显著提高了黏膜厚度(P0.05)、肠壁厚度(P0.05)以及绒毛高度/隐窝深度(P0.05);显著降低了空肠隐窝深度(P0.05),显著增加了绒毛高度/隐窝深度(P0.05);显著增加了回肠绒毛高度(P0.05)。4)饲粮添加乳酸片球菌显著增加了肥育猪空肠乳酸菌数量、定植抗力(P0.05),显著降低了大肠杆菌数量(P0.05)。由此可见,饲粮添加0.1 g/kg乳酸片球菌(1.0×10~(10)CFU/g)能改善肥育猪肠道菌群和肠道形态结构,增强肠道抗氧化能力,进而促进肥育猪的肠道健康。     

敌草快和硫辛酸对育肥猪肠道结构及消化功能的影响

本文旨在研究敌草快和硫辛酸(LA)对育肥猪肠道结构及消化功能的影响,以探究LA对敌草快引起的应激是否有缓解作用。选取24头(70.64±3.61)kg的健康大白阉公猪,按照2×2因子设计,随机分为对照组、LA组、敌草快组和LA+敌草快组,每个组设6个重复,每个重复1头猪。试验期29 d。LA添加剂量为800 mg/kg饲粮,饲喂贯穿试验全程,而一次性腹腔滴注敌草快于试验第15天进行,无腹腔滴注敌草快试验猪滴注等量的生理盐水。于试验第29天对所有试验猪前腔静脉采血后屠宰取样,运用试剂盒检测血浆和肠道氧化损伤标志物的含量以及空肠食糜消化酶的活性,苏木精-伊红(HE)染色后运用图像分析软件观察肠道形态结构并测定绒毛高度、隐窝深度,并计算绒毛高度/隐窝深度(V/C),荧光定量PCR法检测闭合蛋白(occludin)和紧密结合蛋白(ZO-1)的相对表达量。结果表明:1)敌草快极显著升高了试验猪血浆和肠道丙二醛(MDA)、蛋白质羰基(PCO)和8-羟基鸟苷(8-OHd G)的含量(P0.01),极显著降低了十二指肠、空肠及回肠绒毛高度、隐窝深度(P0.01),极显著增大了十二指肠和空肠V/C(P0.01),显著增大了回肠V/C(P0.05),极显著降低了空肠occludin和ZO-1 m RNA相对表达量(P0.01),极显著降低了空肠食糜中淀粉酶、胰蛋白酶以及脂肪酶的活性(P0.01)。2)饲粮中添加LA对试验猪血浆和肠道MDA、PCO和8-OHd G含量的影响均不显著(P0.05),对十二指肠、空肠和回肠的绒毛高度、隐窝深度以及V/C的影响均不显著(P0.05),对空肠occludin和ZO-1 m RNA相对表达量的影响也不显著(P0.05),对空肠食糜中淀粉酶、胰蛋白酶以及脂肪酶活性的影响差异也均不显著(P0.05)。3)在应激状态下,饲粮中添加LA使猪血浆8-OHd G含量显著降低(P0.05),十二指肠绒毛高度、空肠绒毛高度以及回肠隐窝深度显著升高(P0.05),空肠V/C显著降低(P0.05),回肠V/C极显著降低(P0.01),空肠occludin和ZO-1 m RNA相对表达量显著升高(P0.05),空肠食糜淀粉酶和胰蛋白酶的活性显著提升(P0.05)。由此可见,敌草快引起了育肥猪强烈的氧化应激,导致了肠道结构的严重损伤并减弱了肠道的消化功能;在敌草快引起的应激状态下,饲粮中添加800 mg/kg LA能够减缓肠道结构的损伤并能一定程度地提高肠道的消化功能。     

妊娠后期母猪和仔猪补饲外源精胺对初生和28日龄仔猪肠道形态结构及二糖酶活性的影响

本文通过研究妊娠后期母猪和仔猪补饲外源精胺对初生和28日龄仔猪肠道形态结构和二糖酶活性的影响,初步探讨干预“仔猪早期断奶综合征”的技术措施.试验第1阶段,选择6头体重和膘情相近、胎次为3、已怀孕91 d的健康“长×大”母猪,随机分为Ⅰ、Ⅱ和Ⅲ3个组,每个组设2个重复,每个重复1头母猪.Ⅰ、Ⅱ和Ⅲ组妊娠母猪饲粮中外源精胺的添加量为0、1.5和3.0 mg/kg,饲喂至分娩结束;第2阶段,分娩后母猪采食同一种不含外源精胺的饲粮,Ⅰ、Ⅱ和Ⅲ组哺乳仔猪于7日龄起相应补饲外源精胺添加量为0、3.0和6.0 mg/kg的哺乳仔猪饲粮至28日龄.在仔猪初生和28日龄时,分别从每窝仔猪中选1头接近平均体重的健康仔猪进行屠宰,用于胃肠发育指标的测定.结果表明:与未添加外源精胺相比,妊娠母猪饲粮添加3.0 mg/kg外源精胺显著提高了初生仔猪十二指肠和回肠的柱状细胞数量、十二指肠和空肠的杯状细胞数量(P＜0.05),显著增加了空肠隐窝深度(P＜0.05),显著提高了麦芽糖酶和蔗糖酶比活力(P＜0.05);哺乳仔猪饲粮添加6.0 mg/kg外源精胺显著增加了28日龄仔猪空肠黏膜重(P＜0.05),显著提高了十二指肠和空肠的麦芽糖酶和蔗糖酶比活力(P＜0.05),极显著增加了空肠柱状细胞和杯状细胞数量(P＜0.01),极显著增加了十二指肠和空肠隐窝深度(P＜0.01).因此,在妊娠后期母猪和哺乳仔猪饲粮中添加外源精胺有利于初生和28日龄仔猪肠道形态结构的改善和二糖酶活性的提高.     

Effects of age and diet on small intestinal structure and function in gnotobiotic piglets

The effects of age and dietary change on the structure and function of piglet small intestine were investigated in gnotobiotic pigs. The small intestinal mucosa was damaged when gnotobiotic pigs were weaned on to a pelleted meal diet; villus height, crypt cell production rate, and activities of brush border enzymes were reduced. Small intestinal damage was associated with reduced weight gain over a three week period; diarrhoea was not observed. The continuous consumption of meal appeared to perpetuate the intestinal damage for three weeks, although evidence of intestinal repair, as indicated by an increased crypt cell production rate, was present three weeks after weaning. Antibodies to soya antigen were detected in serum after weaning and the intestinal damage could have been caused by antibody-mediated immune reactions to soya proteins. Villi of milk fed gnotobiotic pigs shortened significantly with age.