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ArticleJournal of animal science and biotechnology2025

Dietary supplementation with Bacillus-based probiotic improves gut health in the weaned piglets challenged by rotavirus.

Fengyu Xiang, Heng Yang, Xiangqi Fan, Dayan Tan, Bing Huang, Bing Yu, Jun He, Yuheng Luo, Junqiu Luo, Hui Yan and 8 more

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Fengyu Xiang *Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Heng Yang *Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Xiangqi FanAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Dayan TanAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Bing HuangAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Bing YuAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Jun HeAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Yuheng LuoAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Junqiu LuoAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Hui YanAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Junning PuAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Jianping WangAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Quyuan WangAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
Huifen WangAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China.
John Kyaw HtooEvonik Operations GmbH, Hanau-Wolfgang, 63457, Germany. john.htoo@evonik.com.
Santa Maria MendozaEvonik Corporation, Kennesaw, GA, 30144, USA.
Guiling YanEvonik (China) Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100600, P.R. China.
Xiangbing MaoAnimal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 611130, P.R. China. acatmxb2003@163.com.

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Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province 2024NSFSC0304the Project of Evonik Operations GmbH 34.63.21010
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backgroundAs probiotics, Bacillus strains may regulate some physiological functions in animals. This study aimed to evaluate whether dietary supplementation with a Bacillus-based probiotic could alleviate gut damage induced by rotavirus (RV) infection in piglets. Twenty-four piglets were randomly assigned into 2 groups fed with the basal diet (n = 16) and the diet containing 10

resultsRV challenge induced diarrhea, significantly destroyed the morphology of jejunal mucosa (P < 0.05), significantly increased RV-antibody and RV non-structural protein 4 of jejunal mucosa (P < 0.05), significantly impaired antioxidant capacity (including malondialdehyde level, total antioxidant capacity and catalase activity), immunity (such as interleukin 2, interleukin 4 and secreted immunoglobulin A levels), mucins and the mRNA expression of tight-junction-related (such as Zonula occludens 1, occludin) and apoptotic-related (including B-cell lymphoma/leukaemia-2-associated X protein, B cell lymphoma/leukaemia-2, cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinases) genes of jejunal mucosa (P < 0.05), and, to some extents, affected the bacteria community structure and abundance of ileal digesta in piglets. However, Bacillus-based probiotic administration could significantly attenuate the negative effects of RV infection on gut health of piglets (P < 0.05).

conclusionsThese findings suggested that supplementing Bacillus-based probiotic in the diet could decrease diarrhea rate, and improve gut health in weaned piglets, which was associated with regulating intestinal antioxidant capacity, apoptosis, and microbiota.

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Apoptosis, Antioxidant capacityBacillus strainsIntestinal healthMicrobiotaRotavirusWeaned piglets

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