Effects of dicopper oxide and copper sulfate on growth performance and gut microbiota in broilers
Forouzandeh, Asal (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Blavi Josa, Laia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Abdelli, Nedra (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Melo Duran, Diego Alexander (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Vidal, A. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sanitat i d'Anatomia Animals)
Rodríguez, M. (PigCHAMP Pro Europa)
Monteiro, A. N. T. R. (Animine)
Pérez Hernández, José Francisco (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Darwich Soliva, Laila (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sanitat i d'Anatomia Animals)
Solà Oriol, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)

Date:	2021
Abstract:	An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of two sources of copper (Cu) from copper sulfate (CuSO) and dicopper oxide (CuO, CoRouge) at three levels of inclusion (15, 75, and 150 mg/kg) on growth performance and gut microbiota of broilers. A total of 840 one-d-old male chickens (Ross 308) were weighed and randomly allocated to seven dietary treatments: negative control (NC, a basal diet without Cu addition), and the NC supplemented with 15, 75, or 150 mg Cu/kg from CuSO or CuO (12 replicate pens/treatment, 10 chicks per pen). Broilers were challenged by reusing an old litter with high concentrations in Clostridium perfringens to promote necrotic enteritis. Broiler performance was registered at d 21, 35, and 42. Excreta samples were collected at d 14, 28, and 42 for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) analyses. At d 43, one broiler per pen was euthanized to obtain ileal content for microbial characterization. Body weight d 35 and daily gain d 42 improved (P < 0. 05) in CuO as Cu dose inclusion increased from 15 mg/kg to 150 mg/kg. Supplementation of 150 mg/kg of Cu from CuO decreased the abundance (P < 0. 01) of some families such as Streptococcaceae and Corynebacteriaceae and increased the abundance (P < 0. 05) of some commensal bacteria like Clostridiaceae and Peptostreptococcaceae. Phenotypic AMR was not different among treatments on d 14 and 28. Isolated Enterococcus spp. from broilers fed the NC diet on d 42 showed higher (P < 0. 05) resistance to enrofloxacin, gentamicin, and chloramphenicol compared with Cu treatments. By contrast, the isolated Escherichia coli from broilers fed 150 mg/kg of Cu, either from CuSO or CuO, showed higher (P < 0. 05) resistance to streptomycin and chloramphenicol compared to the NC. This study suggests that supplementing 150 mg/kg of Cu from CuO establishes changes in the gut microbiota by regulating the bacterial population in the ileum, which may explain the positive impact on broilers' growth performance.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2019FI_B
Note:	Altres ajuts: Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial E-11780
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Copper ; Broiler ; Growth performance ; Ileal microbiota ; Antimicrobial resistance
Published in:	Poultry Science, Vol. 100 (april 2021) , ISSN 1525-3171

DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101224
PMID: 34157560

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