The influence of a probiotic supplementation on memory in quail suggests a role of gut microbiota on cognitive abilities in birds

Autor: Ludovic Calandreau, Christine Leterrier, Séverine Parois, Narjis Kraimi, Irène Gabriel
Přispěvatelé: Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage [Rennes] (PEGASE), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Université de Tours-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité de Recherches Avicoles (URA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AGROCAMPUS OUEST-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Tours-Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Recherches Avicoles (SRA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Behavioural Brain Research
Behavioural Brain Research, Elsevier, 2017, 331, pp.47-53. ⟨10.1016/j.bbr.2017.05.022⟩
Behavioural Brain Research (331), 47-53. (2017)
ISSN: 0166-4328
1872-7549
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.05.022⟩
Popis: International audience; The gut microbiota is involved in host behaviour and memory in mammals. Consequently, it may also influence emotional behaviour and memory in birds. Quail from two genetic lines with different fearfulness (LTI: long tonic immobility, n = 37; STI: short tonic immobility, n = 32) were either or not supplemented with a probiotic (Pediococcus acidilactici) from hatching. Emotional reactivity was measured in a tonic immobility test (d6 and 7 of age) and two open-field tests (d13 to 15; d22 to 24). Memory was measured in a test rewarded with mealworms, where quail had to remember the cups previously visited (d34 to 36). Quail endured a 5-days stress period from days 17 to 21 to help revealing the potentially beneficial effect of the probiotic. As expected, STI quail were less fearful compared to the LTI quail (p < 0.05). Probiotic supplementation had no effect on most measures of emotional reactivity (p > 0.05), except in the tonic immobility test where supplemented STI quail had lower immobility duration (p = 0.0001). Regarding the memory test, the two lines had similar performances. Quail fed with probiotics made fewer errors (p = 0.040). There was no significant correlation between traits of emotional reactivity and of memory. In conclusion, the supplementation with Pediococcus acidilactici as a probiotic, affected a specific trait of emotional reactivity in STI quail, and improved memory in both lines, whichstrengthens the idea that the influence of gut microbiota on the host behaviour and memory seen in mammals is shared by birds.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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