Dietary Tributyrin Improves Growth Performance, Meat Quality, Muscle Oxidative Status, and Gut Microbiota in Taihe Silky Fowls under Cyclic Heat Stress
Chuanbin Chen,
Mingren Qu,
Guanhong Li,
Gen Wan,
Ping Liu,
Salma Mbarouk Omar,
Wenliang Mei,
Ziyu Hu,
Qian Zhou,
Lanjiao Xu
Affiliations
Chuanbin Chen
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Mingren Qu
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Guanhong Li
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Gen Wan
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Ping Liu
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Salma Mbarouk Omar
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Wenliang Mei
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Ziyu Hu
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Qian Zhou
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Lanjiao Xu
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
Heat stress adversely affects poultry production and meat quality, leading to economic losses. This study aimed to investigate the effects of adding tributyrin on growth performance, meat quality, muscle oxidative status, and gut microbiota of Taihe silky fowls under cyclic heat stress (CHS) conditions. In this study, 120-day-old Taihe silky fowls (male) were randomly divided into six dietary treatments. These treatments included a normal control treatment (NC, fed a basal diet), a heat stress control treatment (HS, fed a basal diet), and HS control treatments supplemented with 0.04%, 0.08%, 0.16%, and 0.32% tributyrin, respectively. The NC treatment group was kept at 24 ± 1 °C, while the HS treatment birds were exposed to 34 ± 1 °C for 8 h/d for 4 weeks. Results showed that CHS decreased growth performance and compromised the meat quality of broilers (p p p Nrf2, NQO1, HO-1, SOD, and GSH-Px of the breast muscle in broilers exposed to CHS (p Rikenellaceae_RC9_gut_group (p Lactobacillus (p = 0.096) compared to the HS treatment. The results indicate that supplementation successfully improved the growth performance and meat quality of Taihe silky fowls. Furthermore, tributyrin supplementation, particularly at levels of 0.16%, improved meat quality by enhancing muscle antioxidant capacity, which is believed to be associated with activation of the Nrf2 signaling pathway.
