Frontiers in Veterinary Science (May 2022)

Protective Effect of Bifidobacterium lactis JYBR-190 on Intestinal Mucosal Damage in Chicks Infected With Salmonella pullorum

  • Liangyu Yang,
  • Liangyu Yang,
  • Yuanhong Chen,
  • Qian Bai,
  • Xi Chen,
  • Yunteng Shao,
  • Ronghai Wang,
  • Fengping He,
  • Ganzhen Deng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.879805
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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Pullorum is one of the most serious diseases that endanger the chicken industry. With the advent of the era of anti-antibiotics in feed, the replacement of antibiotics by probiotics has become the focus and hotspot of related research. In this study, hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining, immunohistochemistry (IHC) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were used to observe the structural changes of intestinal mucosa in chicks infected with Salmonella pullorum, and to analyze TNF-α, IL-10, IFN-γ, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and secreted immunoglobulin A (sIgA) levels. The results showed that the intestinal villus height, villus height to crypt depth ratio (V/C), and muscle layer thickness of duodenum, jejunum and cecum in the JYBR-190 group were significantly higher than those of the infection group and antibiotic group. Furthermore, the levels of PCNA, sIgA and IL-10 in JYBR-190 group were significantly increased, whereas the expression of TNF-α and IFN-γ was significantly decreased. Taken together, Bifidobacterium lactis JYBR-190 has a protective effect on intestinal mucosal damage in chicks infected with Salmonella pullorum.

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