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Effects of early feeding and exogenous putrescine on growth and small intestinal development in posthatch ducks.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20390574     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
1. Effects of early feeding with a diet containing added putrescine on duck intestinal development and growth performance were examined by a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement with two different feeding times (6 and 48 h) and two levels of putrescine (0 and 025%). 2. A significant main effect of early feeding on increasing body weight (BW) was observed from hatch to 35 d, whereas dietary putrescine had no significant effect on BW. 3. In the first week posthatch, enhanced small intestinal weight and intestinal density (weight of intestinal tissue/unit length of intestine), increased villus length and reduced crypt depth were observed in the early feeding group, while no effect was observed when putrescine was added to the diet. 4. Maltase and sucrase activity and protein/DNA ratio in jejunum were increased by early feeding in the first week, while decreased by putrescine supplementation. 5. In conclusion, early feeding methods have great potential for small intestine development and thereafter enhanced the growth performance of ducks, but dietary putrescine used during this period should be used cautiously to avoid toxicity.
Authors:
P Peng; J Xu; W Chen; M Tangara; Z L Qi; J Peng
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  British poultry science     Volume:  51     ISSN:  1466-1799     ISO Abbreviation:  Br. Poult. Sci.     Publication Date:  2010 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-14     Completed Date:  2010-07-14     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  15740290R     Medline TA:  Br Poult Sci     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  101-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. pengjian@mail.hzau.edu.cn
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / physiology*
Animals
Body Weight / physiology
Ducks / growth & development*,  physiology
Histocytochemistry / veterinary
Intestinal Mucosa / physiology*
Intestine, Small / enzymology,  physiology*
Putrescine / physiology*
Sucrase / physiology
alpha-Glucosidases / analysis,  physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
110-60-1/Putrescine; EC 3.2.1.20/alpha-Glucosidases; EC 3.2.1.48/Sucrase

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