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Effects of dietary chitosan on growth rate, small intestinal morphology, nutrients apparent utilization and digestive enzyme activities of growing Huoyan geese

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2020

Z. Miao Open the ORCID record for Z. Miao [Opens in a new window] ,
Y. Liu ,
L. Guo ,
W. Zhao  and
J. Zhang
Z. Miao
Affiliation:
College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan453003, People’s Republic of China
Y. Liu
Affiliation:
College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan453003, People’s Republic of China
L. Guo
Affiliation:
School of Food Science and Technology, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan453003, People’s Republic of China
W. Zhao
Affiliation:
College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan453003, People’s Republic of China
J. Zhang*
Affiliation:
College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan453003, People’s Republic of China
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†E-mail: zhangjz69@126.com
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Abstract

Dietary chitosan (CS) supplementation could improve the growth rate, small intestinal morphology, nutrients apparent digestibility and digestive enzyme activities in pigs, broiler chickens, rats and fish, whereas no data has been reported about the effect of CS on the growing Huoyan geese. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the effects of CS on growth rate, small intestinal morphology, nutrients apparent utilization and digestive enzyme activities of growing Huoyan geese. Three hundred and twenty (28 days of age, gender balance) Huoyan geese were randomly divided into control, CS100, CS200 and CS400 groups (based on BW) with 20 geese per pen and 4 replicates pen per group, and the feeding experiment lasted for 4 weeks. The 4 diets contained 0, 100, 200 and 400 mg CS per kg feed, respectively. The results showed that CS200 groups had higher average daily gain, final BW, apparent utilization of DM and CP, and lower feed/gain ratio compared with the control group (P < 0.05). Meanwhile, CS100 and CS200 groups had higher villus height, villus height/crypt depth ratio and lower crypt depth in duodenum and jejunum than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The geese in CS100 and CS200 groups had higher villus height, villus height/crypt depth ratio and lower crypt depth of ileum compared with those in control and CS400 groups (P < 0.05). In addition, compared with the control group, CS200 group has higher trypsin activities and lower lipase activities in duodenal, jejunal and ileal contents (P < 0.05). The results suggested that addition of 200 mg/kg CS had positive effects on growth rate, small intestinal morphology, nutrients apparent utilization and digestive enzyme activities of growing Huoyan geese.

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chitosangoosegrowth ratetrypsinlipase
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animal , Volume 14 , Issue 12 , December 2020 , pp. 2635 - 2641
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Animal Consortium

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These two first authors contributed equally to this work.

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