Fecal microbiota transplantation improves chicken growth performance by balancing jejunal Th17/Treg cells.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intestinal inflammation has become a threatening concern in chicken production worldwide and is closely associated with Th17/Treg cell imbalance. Several studies described that gut microbiota is significantly implicated in chicken growth by modulating intestinal immune homeostasis and immune cell differentiation. Whether reshaping gut microbiota by fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) could improve chicken growth by balancing Th17/Treg cells is an interesting question.

Results

Here, the chickens with significantly different body weight from three different breeds (Turpan cockfighting × White Leghorn chickens, white feather chickens, and yellow feather chickens) were used to compare Th17 and Treg cells. qPCR and IHC staining results indicated that Th17 cell-assoc

SUBMITTER: Ma Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10283253 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature