Molecular mechanisms of growth depression in broiler chickens(Gallus Gallus domesticus)mediated by immune stress:a hepatic proteome study

Background:Immunological stress decreases feed intake,suppresses growth and induces economic losses.However,the underlying molecular mechanism remains unclear.Label-free liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry(LC-MS)proteomics techniques were employed to investigate effects of immune stress on the hepatic proteome changes of Arbor Acres broilers(Gallus Gallus domesticus)challenged with Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide(LPS).Results:Proteomic analysis indicated that 111 proteins were differentially expressed in the liver of broiler chickens from the immune stress group.Of these,28 proteins were down-regulated,and 83 proteins were up-regulated in the immune stress group.Enrichment analysis showed that immune stress upregulated the expression of hepatic proteins involved in defense function,amino acid catabolism,ion transport,wound healing,and hormone secretion.Furthermore,immune stress increased valine,leucine and isoleucine degradation pathways.Conclusion:The data suggests that growth depression of broiler chickens induced by immune stress is triggered by hepatic proteome alterations,and provides a new insight into the mechanism by which immune challenge impairs poultry production.

Growth Performance,Physicochemical Properties of Meat of Broiler Chicken’s Supplemented with Bacillus pumilus

This study examined that the efficiency of Bacillus pumilus(BP)on growth performance and meat quality of broiler chickens.A total of day old 240 male broiler chicks were purchased from local hatchery Hyderabad.The chicks were allocated into four groups with six replicates of 10 birds in each replicate.Four diets were prepared for experiment,which included control as basal diet,BP-0.1(CONT+0.1%BP),BP-0.2(CONT+0.2%BP)and AGP(CONT+zinc bacitracin 20 ppm)as antibiotic growth promotor.The results showed that live body weight(LBW),average daily gain was recorded higher(P<0.01)in birds fed diet with BP-0.1 than control and BP-0.2 groups,as well as ADFI also increased in BP-0.1 than control group.BP-0.1 supplementation significantly reduced feed conversion ratio(FCR)than other groups(P<0.01).Both moisture and crude protein(CP)content influenced by supplementation of BP-0.1 than other groups.However,birds fed diet with BP-0.1 had least fat content in breast meat compared with the other groups(P<0.01).In addition,BP-0.1probiotic-fed birds had the lowest(P<0.01)pH,cooking loss(CL)and drip loss(DL)as compared to control,BP-0.2 and AGP groups.The water holding capacity(WHC)were found higher in BP-0.1 as compared to other groups(P<0.01).In conclusion,Bacillus pumilus probiotic supplementation is a promising approach for substitution of antibiotics in broiler diet for enhancement of growth performance and physiochemical properties of meat.