PMID- 16615359
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060531
LR  - 20200314
IS  - 0032-5791 (Print)
IS  - 0032-5791 (Linking)
VI  - 85
IP  - 4
DP  - 2006 Apr
TI  - Intestinal bacterial community and growth performance of chickens fed diets 
      containing antibiotics.
PG  - 747-52
AB  - This study was conducted to relate the performance of broiler chickens fed diets 
      containing growth-promoting antibiotics to changes in the intestinal microbiota. 
      The technique of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of amplicons of 
      the region V3 of 16S rDNA was used to characterize the microbiota. Two 
      experiments were conducted, one with broilers raised in battery cages and the 
      other with broilers raised in floor pens. Antibiotics improved the performance of 
      the chickens raised in floor pens only. Avilamycin, bacitracin methylene 
      disalicylate, and enramycin induced changes in the composition of the intestinal 
      bacterial community of the birds in both experiments. The number of bacterial 
      genotypes found in the intestinal tract of chickens was not reduced by the 
      antibiotics supplemented in either environment. However, the changes in the 
      composition of the intestinal bacterial community induced by antibiotics may be 
      related to improvement in growth performance. This was indicated by the 
      suppression of 6 amplicons and the presence of 4 amplicons exclusive to the 
      treatment that had the best performance in the floor pen experiment.
FAU - Pedroso, A A
AU  - Pedroso AA
AD  - Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, 
      13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
FAU - Menten, J F M
AU  - Menten JF
FAU - Lambais, M R
AU  - Lambais MR
FAU - Racanicci, A M C
AU  - Racanicci AM
FAU - Longo, F A
AU  - Longo FA
FAU - Sorbara, J O B
AU  - Sorbara JO
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Poult Sci
JT  - Poultry science
JID - 0401150
RN  - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents)
RN  - 0 (DNA, Bacterial)
RN  - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animal Feed/analysis
MH  - Animals
MH  - Anti-Bacterial Agents/*administration & dosage/analysis/*pharmacology
MH  - Bacteria/genetics/isolation & purification
MH  - Chickens/*growth & development/*microbiology
MH  - DNA, Bacterial/genetics
MH  - *Diet
MH  - Genetic Variation
MH  - Intestines/*drug effects/*microbiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Phylogeny
MH  - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
EDAT- 2006/04/18 09:00
MHDA- 2006/06/01 09:00
CRDT- 2006/04/18 09:00
PHST- 2006/04/18 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/06/01 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/04/18 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0032-5791(19)42178-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/ps/85.4.747 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Poult Sci. 2006 Apr;85(4):747-52. doi: 10.1093/ps/85.4.747.