Journal: Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI
Article Title: Effects of Dietary Bacillus coagulans and Tributyrin on Growth Performance, Serum Antioxidants, Intestinal Morphology, and Cecal Microbiota of Growing Yellow-Feathered Broilers
doi: 10.3390/ani13223534
Figure Lengend Snippet: Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) effect size (LEfSe) was used to identify the most differentially abundant taxa in the cecal microbiota of the CON, BC, TB, and BC × TB groups. ( a ) A cladogram generated from LEfSe analysis. Red circles indicate taxa that were more abundant in the CON group, green circles indicate taxa that were more abundant in the BC group, blue circles indicate taxa that were more abundant in the TB group, purple circles indicate taxa that were more abundant in the BC × TB group, and yellow indicates taxa that were not differentially abundant. The diameters of the circles are proportional to each taxon’s abundance. ( b ) A histogram of the LDA scores computed for differentially abundant taxa in the BC group (green bars), TB group (blue bars), BC × TB group (purple bars), and CON group (red bars). Species displaying significant differences in abundance with an LDA score greater than 2.0 are shown. The length of the histogram indicates the LDA score, which can be interpreted as the effect size of each differentially abundant taxon. Abbreviations: CON, control group (fed a basal diet); BC, the group fed a basal diet supplemented with 1 g/kg Bacillus coagulans ; TB, the group fed a basal diet supplemented with 1 g/kg tributyrin; BC × TB, the group fed a basal diet supplemented with 1 g/kg Bacillus coagulans and 1 g/kg tributyrin.
Article Snippet: Bacillus coagulans (live bacteria ≥ 2 × 10 8 CFU/g) were obtained from Beijing Kangyuan Yisheng Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Beijing, China); tributyrin (purity ≥ 64%) was purchased from Harbin Jinfulai Technology Development Co., Ltd. (Harbin, China).
Techniques: Generated, Control