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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Animal Nutrition and Metabolism
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1584544
This article is part of the Research TopicSustainable Nutritional Strategies for Improving Health Status, Egg and Meat Quality in PoultryView all articles
Effects of Bile Acids on Production Performance, Serum Bio-Chemistry, Lipid Metabolism and Intestinal Morphology in Broilers
Provisionally accepted- 1Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
- 2Daiyue District Livestock and Veterinary Development Service Center, Tai’an, Tai'an Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Service Center, Taian, China
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The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of exogenous bile acids (BAs) on production performance, serum biochemistry, lipid metabolism and intestinal morphology in broilers. Total of 20,000 1-day-old Arbor Acres broilers were randomly assigned to 2 treatments with 8 replicates of 1250 chicks each for 42d. The control group broilers were provided with normal drinking water, while the treatment group broilers were provided with normal drinking water supplemented with 100 mL of BAs per ton. The results showed that BAs supplementation significantly decreased abdominal fat yield (P < 0.05), while they had no significant effects on other slaughter characteristics (P > 0.05). In addition, BAs supplementation significantly decreased serum acrylic aminotransferase concentrations (P < 0.05). Moreover, BAs supplementation also significantly decreased the mRNA expression of lipogenesis-related genes (P < 0.05), while increased the mRNA expression of lipolysis-related genes in the liver (P < 0.05). Furthermore, BAs supplementation significantly improved jejunum morphology by increasing jejunum villus height (VH) (P < 0.05). In summary, BAs improved production performance, serum enzyme activity, lipid metabolism and intestinal morphology in broilers, which can provide theoretical basis for the application of BAs in broiler production. As a primary goal, the abstract should render the general significance and conceptual advance of the work clearly accessible to a broad readership. References
Keywords: Bile acids, Slaughter Characteristics, Serum enzyme, Lipid Metabolism, Intestinal morphology
Received: 27 Feb 2025; Accepted: 08 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Liu, Li, Zhang, Li, Wei, Yuan, Li, Yang and Jiao. 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: Ning Jiao, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
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