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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Animal Nutrition and Metabolism
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1511680
This article is part of the Research Topic Functional Nutritional Strategies as Alternatives to Antimicrobials View all 18 articles

Effects of Isalo scorpion Cytotoxic peptide on growth, immune performance, and intestinal flora of yellow-feathered broilers

Provisionally accepted
Zhengli Wang Zhengli Wang *Yan Ma Yan Ma *Tingting Liu Tingting Liu *Jianjun Zhu Jianjun Zhu *Shuaihu Chen Shuaihu Chen *Mingyang Gao Mingyang Gao *Sijia Wang Sijia Wang *Jungang Wang Jungang Wang *Hong Shen Hong Shen *
  • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China

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    We aimed to investigate the effects of Isalo scorpion Cytotoxic peptide (IsCT) on the growth, immune performance, and intestinal microbiota of yellow-feathered broilers. A total of 240 yellow-feathered broilers were randomly assigned to six groups, with different doses of IsCT added to the basal diet of each group. The results showed an increase in immunoglobulin levels and daily weight gain and reduction in daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio.Additionally, the abundance of beneficial bacteria increased whereas that of harmful bacteria decreased in the caecum of the chickens. Therefore, IsCT helps improve the growth and immune performance of yellow-feathered broilers and optimizes the intestinal microbiota.

    Keywords: Antimicrobial peptide, ISCT, broilers, Growth, immune, Gut Microbiota

    Received: 15 Oct 2024; Accepted: 28 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Ma, Liu, Zhu, Chen, Gao, Wang, Wang and Shen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Zhengli Wang, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
    Yan Ma, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
    Tingting Liu, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
    Jianjun Zhu, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
    Shuaihu Chen, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
    Mingyang Gao, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
    Sijia Wang, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
    Jungang Wang, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
    Hong Shen, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China

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