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Title: $Effects of dietary coated‐oleum cinnamomi supplementation on the immunity and intestinal integrity of broiler chickens
Abstract: Abstract Oleum cinnamomi (OCM) is increasingly used as a feed additive in animal diets. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with coated‐OCM (cOCM) on the immunity and intestinal integrity of broiler chickens. A total of 396 one‐day‐old chicks were randomly assigned into six groups. The basal diets were supplemented with 50 mg/kg of flavomycin (positive control) as well as 0 (control), 50, 100, 200, and 300 mg/kg of cOCM. Compared with the control, both positive control and cOCM treatments did not improve the growth performance. Serum immunoglobulin (Ig) Y levels were decreased by flavomycin and 50 mg/kg of cOCM treatments ( p < 0.05). Dietary cOCM decreased ileal secretory IgA contents at d 21 and commonly down‐regulated duodenal and ileal mRNA expression of interleukin (IL)‐1β and IL‐8 at d 42 ( p < 0.05). The 300 mg/kg of cOCM increased jejunal ratio of villus height to crypt depth and upregulated intestinal claudin‐1 expression ( p < 0.05). Jejunal (at d 21) and duodenal (at d 42) mucin‐2 expression was up and downregulated by both 50 and 300 mg/kg of cOCM, respectively ( p < 0.05). In conclusion, dietary cOCM addition helped to maintain noninflammatory states of humoral and mucosal immunity, and improved the intestinal integrity of broiler chickens.