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Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola

ISSN 1516-635X Jan - Mar 2017 / v.19 / n.1 / 115-122

Bacillus Coagulans Enhance the Immune Function of the Intestinal Mucosa of Yellow Broilers

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9061-2015-0180

Author(s) Xu LI Fan QI Zhuang YI,II Wang QI,II Gao YI Wang CI College of Animal Sciences – Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China. II Fujian Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University) I

Mail Address Corresponding author e-mail address Quanxi Wang College of Animal Sciences – Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China. Tel: (+086)059183758852 E-mail: [email protected]

Keywords Bacillus coagulans, yellow broilers, growth performance, intestinal mucosa immune function.

Submitted: August/2016 Approved: November/2016

Abstract This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of Bacillus coagulans on the growth performance and immune functions of the intestinal mucosa of yellow broilers. Three hundred and sixty one-day-old yellow chicks were randomly allocated to four treatments groups with six replicates of 15 chicks each. The broilers were randomly subjected to one of the following treatments for 28 days: control group (group1, fed a basal diet) and three treatments (group 2, 3, 4) fed the basal diet supplemented with 100, 200, or 300 mg/kg Bacillus coagulans, respectively). The results showed that for 28 days, compared with the control diet, the dietary addition of 200 mg/kg Bacillus coagulans significantly decreased the feed/gain ratio (F/G) (p