Evaluation of seaweed-derived polysaccharides on indices of gastrointestinal fermentation and selected populations of microbiota in newly weaned pigs challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium

Sweeney, T.; Dillon, Stephanie M.; Fanning, June; Egan, John; O’Shea, C.J.; Figat, S.; Gutiérrez, Jonatan; Mannion, C.; Leonard, Finola C.; O’Doherty, John V.

doi:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.02.010

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“…These results are not consistent with Sweeney et al (2011), whose results did not exhibit significant differences between the groups, or Walsh et al (2012) who identified a positive effect with seaweed extract supplementation on piglet weight. These differences may be due to the fact that the seaweed extracts or proportions used in these different studies were not the same, or the seaweed extracts used in this study may have had an effect on the palatability.…”

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Supplementing nursery pig feed with seaweed extracts increases final body weight of pigs

Ruiz

Gädicke

Andrades

et al. 2018

Austral j. vet. sci.

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ABSTRACT. Probiotics have been used as an alternative method to antibiotic treatment. In this study, we evaluated the effect of seaweed extracts, commercially named OceanFeed Swine ® (OFS), on body weight, average daily weight gain (ADG) and feed efficiency (FE) in nursery and fattening pigs of terminal lines. The study was conducted with 1809 piglets from weaning age until the end of the fattening phase on a commercial farm, divided into two groups (control and OFS; 905 and 904 pigs, respectively). Three replicates were made during the 6 weeks of production. Food was elaborated in the same productive unit and was given to the animals in the form of flour. OceanFeed Swine ® (5 g/kg of diet) was added to the diet of the OFS groups during the nursery period, from 21 to 55 days of age. The faecal microbial population was evaluated at 35 and 60 days of life. In this paper, we observed a positive effect of administering OceanFeed Swine ® on the production parameters analysed in the fattening phase, showing an improvement of 26 g in ADG and FE of 0.07. It can be concluded that the use of OceanFeed Swine ® in the diets of the piglets, aged between 21 to 55 days old, improves FE (Control 2.36, OFS 2.29) and ADG (control 0.798 kg, OFS 0.824 kg). Moreover, its use exhibited an increase in the slaughter weight, a reduction of E coli CFU, and an increase in Lactobacillus sp. in fattening animals. All these improvements have a major positive economic impact per pig at time of slaughter.

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“…In Sweeney et al (2011), the animals had been challenged with an enteric pathogen. Nonetheless, other studies such as Leonard et al (2011) have shown that seaweed extract supplementation during lactation and post weaning improves the digestive tract quality; this may be the reason that animals present FE improvements.…”

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Supplementing nursery pig feed with seaweed extracts increases final body weight of pigs

Ruiz

Gädicke

Andrades

et al. 2018

Austral j. vet. sci.

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“…More recently, Laminaria spp.-derived laminarin has been shown to increase intestinal Lactobacilli numbers in weaned pigs and also reduce coliforms (Murphy et al, 2013). Fucoidan has also been shown to have prebiotic effects in the porcine monogastric model (Lynch et al, 2010;Sweeney et al, 2011).…”

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Influence of different prebiotics and mode of their administration on broiler chicken performance

Bednarczyk

Stadnicka

Kozłowska

et al. 2016

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In the post-antibiotics era, prebiotics are proposed as alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters in poultry production. The goal of this study was to compare in ovo method of prebiotic delivery with in-water supplementation and with both methods combined ( in ovo + in-water) in broiler chickens. Two trials were conducted. Trial 1 was carried out to optimize the doses of two prebiotics, DN (DiNovo ® , extract of beta-glucans) and BI (Bi 2 tos, trans-galactooligosaccharides), for in ovo delivery. The estimated parameters were hatchability and bacteriological status of the newly hatched chicks. Prebiotics were dissolved in 0.2 ml of physiological saline, at the doses: 0.18, 0.88, 3.5 and 7.0 mg/embryo; control group (C) was injected in ovo with 0.2 ml of physiological saline. Trial 2 was conducted to evaluate effects of different prebiotics (DN, BI and raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFO)) delivered in ovo, in-water and in a combined way ( in ovo + in-water) on broiler chickens performance. The results of the Trial 1 indicated that the optimal dose of DN and BI prebiotics delivered in ovo, that did not reduce chicks' hatchability, was 0.88 mg/embryo (DN) and 3.5 mg/embryo (BI). Both prebiotics numerically increased number of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria in chicken feces ( P > 0.05). In Trial 2, all prebiotics (DN, BI and RFO) significantly increased BW gain compared with the C group ( P < 0.05), especially during the first 21 days of life. However, feed intake and feed conversion ratio were increased upon prebiotics delivery irrespective of method used. Injection of prebiotics in ovo combined with in-water supplementation did not express synergistic effects on broilers performance compared with in ovo injection only. Taken together, those results confirm that single in ovo prebiotics injection into the chicken embryo can successfully replace prolonged in-water supplementation post hatching.

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“…Identified biological activities include antimicrobial, immunomodulatory, antioxidant and antiviral effects [9][10][11], and as fucoidan is a non-digestible polysaccharide, it may also have prebiotic effects [6]. In pigs, fucoidan increased lactobacilli in the caecal digesta [12], colonic digesta [13] and faeces [14,15] and caecal and colonic butyrate concentrations [12]. The gastrointestinal microbiota contributes to host health and growth through the fermentation of carbohydrates, production of vitamins, healthy maintenance of the intestinal epithelium, immune and neural system development in neonates and protection from opportunistic pathogenic bacteria [16,17].…”

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The Effect of Increasing Inclusion Levels of a Fucoidan-Rich Extract Derived from Ascophyllum nodosum on Growth Performance and Aspects of Intestinal Health of Pigs Post-Weaning

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This study examines the effects of increasing dietary inclusion levels of fucoidan, from a 44% fucoidan extract on the growth performance and intestinal health of pigs post-weaning (PW). Seventy-two newly weaned pigs (8.4 kg (SD 1.06)) were assigned to: (T1) basal diet (BD); (T2) BD + 125 ppm fucoidan; (T3) BD + 250 ppm fucoidan (8 pens/treatment). The appropriate quantity of a 44% fucoidan extract was included to achieve these inclusion levels. Faecal scores were recorded daily. On d15 PW, samples were collected from the intestinal tract from 1 pig/pen from the BD and BD + 250 ppm fucoidan groups. Pigs supplemented with 250 ppm fucoidan had improved faecal scores and increased concentrations of total volatile fatty acids and propionate in the colon (p < 0.05). The fucoidan-rich extract reduced the expression of CLDN5 (duodenum), SCL5A1/SGLT1 and SI (jejunum) and TJP1, FABP2, and SLC5A1 (ileum) (p < 0.05). The extract reduced the relative abundance of Prevotella and Lachnospiraceae (p < 0.05) and increased the abundance of Helicobacter (p < 0.01) in the caecum. However, no negative impact on growth performance or small intestinal morphology was observed. Thus, the inclusion of 250 ppm fucoidan improves faecal consistency without affecting growth performance and therefore warrants further investigation as a supplement for the prevention of PW diarrhoea under more challenging commercial conditions.

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Evaluation of seaweed-derived polysaccharides on indices of gastrointestinal fermentation and selected populations of microbiota in newly weaned pigs challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium

Cited by 38 publications

References 28 publications

Supplementing nursery pig feed with seaweed extracts increases final body weight of pigs

Supplementing nursery pig feed with seaweed extracts increases final body weight of pigs

Influence of different prebiotics and mode of their administration on broiler chicken performance

The Effect of Increasing Inclusion Levels of a Fucoidan-Rich Extract Derived from Ascophyllum nodosum on Growth Performance and Aspects of Intestinal Health of Pigs Post-Weaning

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