The cecal ecosystem is a great contributor to intramuscular fat deposition in broilers.

ABSTRACT: Intramuscular fat (IMF) content is a meat quality trait of major economic importance in animal production. Emerging evidence has demonstrated that meat quality can be improved by regulating the gut microbiota. However, the organization and ecological properties of the gut microbiota and its relationship with the IMF content remain unclear in chickens. Here, we investigated the microbial communities of 206 cecal samples from broilers with excellent meat quality. We noted that the cecal microbial ecosystem obtained from hosts reared under the same management and dietary conditions showed clear compositional stratification. Two enterotypes, in which the ecological properties, including diversity and interaction strengths, were significantly different, described the microbial composition patte

SUBMITTER: Wen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10011826 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature