Gut microbiota and transcriptome analysis reveals a genetic component to dropping moisture in chickens

ABSTRACT: High dropping moisture (DM) in poultry production has deleterious effects on the environment, feeding cost, and public health of people and animals. To explore the contributing genetic components, we classified DM of 67-wk-old Rhode Island Red (RIR) hens at 4 different levels and evaluated...

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Main Authors: Tongyu Zhang, Tao Zhu, Junhui Wen, Yu Chen, Liang Wang, Xueze Lv, Weifang Yang, Yaxiong Jia, Changqing Qu, Haiying Li, Huie Wang, Lujiang Qu, Zhonghua Ning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-05-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579122005387