ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2015, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (9): 1584-1592.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2015.09.013

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Influence of T-2 Toxin on Nutrient Apparent Digestibility and Small Intestinal Morphology in BALB/c Mice

YANG Jun-hua,CHEN Hui-ying,HAN Wei,ZHAO Zhi-hui*,SUN Zhen-zhen,GUO Wen-bo   

  1. (Institute for Agri-Food Standards and Testing Technology,Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Shanghai 201403,China)
  • Received:2015-01-16 Online:2015-09-23 Published:2015-09-23

Abstract:

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of T-2 toxin exposed to BALB/c mice on pH and moisture content in feces,apparent digestibility of nutrients,mineral elements and amino acids,as well as morphological structure in small intestine.A total of 80 BALB/c mice weighted about(20±2) g were randomly allotted to 4 groups(20 mice per group).The mice were fed one of four kinds of diets(0,0.4,1.0 and 2.5 mg•kg-1•BW T-2 toxin exposed daily via intragastric administration for 28 d).The results showed as follows:the pH in feces in 1.0 mg•kg-1•BW group was higher than that in control and 0.4 mg•kg-1•BW groups(P<0.05),pH in feces in 2.5 mg•kg-1•BW group was the highest among all 4 groups(P<0.05 or P<0.01).The apparent digestibility of crude protein,ash,crude fiber and ether extract were greatly decreased with the increasing of T-2 toxin addition,and there were significant difference among different treatment groups(P<0.05 or P<0.01).The apparent digestibility of mineral elements(including Ca,Fe,Mg,Na and P) of 0.4 mg•kg-1•BW group was largely reduced compared with control group(P<0.01).The mineral elements(including Ca,Zn,Mg,K,Mn and P) in 1.0 and 2.5 mg•kg-1•BW groups were lower than those of control and 0.4 mg•kg-1•BW groups(P>0.05 and P<0.01),and 2.5 mg•kg-1•BW group was significantly lower than 1.0 mg•kg-1•BW group(P<0.01).The apparent digestibility of amino acid(including Asp,Thr,Ser,Glu,Gly,Ala,Val,Ile,Leu,Phe,Lys,His,Arg and Pro) in 1.0 mg•kg-1•BW group were also observably declined compared with control or 0.4 mg•kg-1•BW groups(P<0.05 and P<0.01),and the digestibility of all kinds of amino acid in 2.5 mg•kg-1•BW group were the lowest among all the 4 groups(P<0.01).Moreover,the duodenum,jejunum and ileum presented mucosal damage and microvilli exfoliated when the dose of T-2 toxin was more than 1.0 mg•kg-1•BW.In addition,reduction of villous number and villous length,increase of crypt depth,decrease of the ratio of villus length to crypt depth were also observed in 1.0 and 2.5 mg•kg-1•BW groups,and there were significant differences between 1.0,2.5 mg•kg-1•BW groups,and control,0.4 mg•kg-1•BW groups(P<0.05 and P<0.01),respectively.It was concluded that the supplementation of T-2 toxin could damage intestinal mucosal,induce the increase of pH,decrease the apparent digestibility of nutrient,mineral elements and amino acid,and all these damage and decreasing were associated with dose-effect relationship of T-2 toxin.

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