Oral lavage with polyethylene glycol reduces microbial colonization in the gastrointestinal tract of broilers

A. Farhat; C. W. Maddox; M. E. Edwards; M. H. Costell; J. A. Hadley; R. Vasilatos-Younken

doi:10.1093/ps/81.4.585

Oral lavage with polyethylene glycol reduces microbial colonization in the gastrointestinal tract of broilers

A. Farhat, C. W. Maddox, M. E. Edwards, M. H. Costell, J. A. Hadley, R. Vasilatos-Younken

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Oral lavage of 7-wk-old broiler chickens with polyethylene glycol (PEG) was conducted to induce rapid evacuation of the gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) before processing. Three groups of birds were fed ad libitum (FF), subjected to feed withdrawal 12 h before processing (FW), or received 115 mL of PEG by oral lavage 3 h before processing (PEG_L). The crop, a section of small intestine, and the right cecum were aseptically collected for determination of contents and Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) counts. The PEG_L effectively cleansed the upper GIT and intestine of treated birds within 3 h before processing. However, the ceca were not completely empty for all the birds subjected to PEG_L. The PEG_L group had a significantly lower crop and cecal GNB concentrations than the FW group. Birds on FW and PEG_L treatments had significantly lower GNB concentrations in the small intestine than FF birds. Polyethylene glycol resulted in complete evacuation of the upper GIT, as well as the intestine, within 3 h of use, and significantly reduced GNB concentrations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	585-589
Number of pages	5
Journal	Poultry science
Volume	81
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ps/81.4.585
State	Published - Apr 2002

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