Effects of dietary n-6/n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid ratios on themass, and histological and ultrastructures of liver, spleen and thymus of 70-day-old Yangzhou Goslings
Effects of dietary n-6/n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid ratios on themass, and histological and ultrastructures of liver, spleen and thymus of 70-day-old Yangzhou Goslings
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DOI:
10.1111/jpn.12371
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发表时间:
2016-04-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Zhang, J.
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作者:
Wang, M. Z.;Ding, L. Y.;Zhang, J.
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of dietary n-6/n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) ratios on the organ indexes, and histological and ultrastructures of organs including liver, spleen and thymus in 70-day-old Yangzhou goslings. One-hundred and sixty 21-day-old Yangzhou goslings were randomly divided into 4 groups and fed 4 diets varying in the n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio from 3:1 up to 12:1. After 1-week acclimation, the feeding experiment lasted for 6weeks. At the end of the experimental period, goslings were slaughtered and the liver, spleen and thymus were weighed, and their histological and ultrastructures were examined. The results showed that the organ indices in the 3:1 group were remarkably higher than in the other three groups, whereas the mitochondrial square did not differ among four groups. The histological and ultrastructures of the liver, spleen and thymus were not affected by the diets with the lower n-6/n-3 PUFA ratios (3:1 and 6:1). However, feeding diets with the higher n-6/n-3 PUFA ratios (9:1 and 12:1), the nuclear chromatin was concentrated and marginalized; the cell membrane was contracted inwardly and disrupted; the mitochondrial membrane was damaged to some degree. In conclusion, the diet containing higher content of n-3 PUFA might improve immune capacity of goslings the animal by accelerating the growth and maintaining cellular structures of organs like liver, spleen and thymus.