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Kafkas Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi
2022 , Vol 28 , Issue 6
Effects of Earthworm Antimicrobial Peptides and Probiotics on Intestinal Flora of Yellow-feathered Broilers
1Shihezi University, Collage of Animal Science & Technology, Xinjiang 832003, P. R. CHINA
DOI :
10.9775/kvfd.2022.27091
Earthworm antimicrobial peptides combined with probiotics were supplemented to the yellow-feathered broiler diet, and the
cecal intestinal flora was subjected to 16S rDNA Qualcomm sequencing. The results showed that the total number of species in S1 (control
group) was significantly higher than S2 (earthworm antimicrobial peptides) and S3 (Compound probiotic preparation), S4 (earthworm
antibacterial peptide + composite probiotic preparation) (P<0.05), the colony structure of S1 is significantly different from S2, S3, and S4
(P<0.05). At the phylum level of each test group, the dominant bacterial groups were Firmicutes, Bacteroides, and Proteobacteria. Among
them, S2, S3, and S4 were significantly higher than S1 in the relative abundance of Firmicutes and Bacteroides (P<0.05), the relative abundance
of Proteobacteria was significantly lower than S1 (P<0.05). At the genus level, S2, S3, and S4 were significantly higher than S1 in the relative
abundance of Lactobacillus (P<0.05), where S4 is higher than S3 (P>0.05). Earthworm antimicrobial peptides combined with compound
probiotics can increase the number of beneficial bacteria and reduce the number of harmful bacteria to regulate intestinal flora, indicating
that earthworm antimicrobial peptides combined with compound probiotics can be used as new green antibiotics in animal production.
Keywords :
Earthworm antibacterial peptides, Probiotic, 16S rDNA