Effect of supplemental yeast cell walls on growth performance, gut mucosal glutathione pathway, proteolytic enzymes and transporters in growing broiler chickens.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate the effect of supplemental yeast cell walls (YCW) on growth performance, gut mucosal glutathione pathway, proteolytic enzymes, and transporters in broiler chickens from 1 to 21 d of age. One-day-old broiler chickens (n = 480) were randomly allocated to 4 treatments with 6 replicates of 20 chicks each for diets containing YCW at 0, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 g/kg. The results showed that YCW supplementation increased (P < 0.05) ADFI and ADG by 15.3% and 16.0%, respectively, and the 2 higher doses of YCW had greater effects (P < 0.05) than the lower dose. For the glutathione pathway in the duodenal mucosa, the levels of reduced glutathione and glutathione reductase in the YCW treatments were increased (P < 0.05) by 15.6% and 17.4%, respectively, but glutathione S-trans

SUBMITTER: Liu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6140861 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature