Yan Chen, Muhammad Akhtar, Ziyu Ma, Tingwei Hu, Qiyao Liu, Hong Pan, Xiaolong Zhang, Abdallah A Nafady, Abdur Rahman Ansari, El-Sayed M Abdel-Kafy, Deshi Shi, Huazhen Liu
Cecal microbiota plays an essential role in chicken health. However, its contribution to fat metabolism, particularly in abdominal fat deposition, which is a severe problem in the poultry industry, is still unclear. Here, chickens at 1, 4, and 12 months of age with significantly (p < 0.05) higher and lower abdominal fat deposition were selected to elucidate fat metabolism. A significantly (p < 0.05) higher mRNA expression of fat anabolism genes (ACSL1, FADS1, CYP2C45, ACC, and FAS), a significantly (p < 0...
May 30, 2023: NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes