Thermal impacts on transcriptome of Pectoralis major muscle collected from commercial broilers, Thai native chickens and its crossbreeds.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The main objective of this study was to define molecular mechanisms associated with thermal stress responses of chickens from commercial broilers (BR, Ross 308), Thai native chickens (NT) and crossbreeds between BR×NT (H75).

Methods

Twenty days before reaching specific market age, chickens from each breed were divided into control and thermal-stressed groups. The stressed groups were exposed to a cyclic thermal challenge (35°C±1°C for 6 h, followed by 26°C±1°C for 18 h) for 20 days. Control group was raised under a constant temperature of 26°C±1°C. Pectoralis major (n = 4) from each group was collected for transcriptome analysis using HiSeq Illumina and analysis of glycogen and lactate. Gene expression patterns between control and thermalstressed groups were compar

SUBMITTER: Malila Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10766454 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature