Microbial and Metabolic Profiling of Obese and Lean Luchuan Pigs: Implications for Phenotypic Divergence.

ABSTRACT: Luchuan (LC) pigs are a Chinese breed renowned for their distinctive black and white coloring, superior meat quality and rapid reproduction, but their growth rate is slow. Over the course of approximately two decades of controlled breeding, the LC pigs maintained at the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Shanghai, China) have diverged into two phenotypes: one characterized by obesity (FLC) and the other by leanness (LLC). Recent studies indicate a correlation between microorganisms and the differentiation of host phenotypes. In this study, we examined the fecal microbiota profiles and serum metabolites of FLC and LLC pigs. The body weight, chest circumference, and alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase enzyme activities were increased in the FLC pigs compared to th

SUBMITTER: Zhu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11273426 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature