Influence of Pleurotus sapidus fruiting bodies on the performance, cecal microbiome, and gene expression in the liver and breast muscle of broilers.

ABSTRACT: Mushrooms, the fruiting bodies of edible fungi, are widely used as food for humans. However, their potential, as well as that of fungal mycelia, as feed components for poultry is less acknowledged. Recent studies have shown that feeding the vegetative mycelium of Pleurotus sapidus does not affect growth performance or nutrient digestibility and causes only minimal changes in the cecal microbiota structure, liver transcriptome, and plasma metabolome of broilers. The present study aimed to comprehensively investigate the effects of feeding the fruiting bodies of P. sapidus on performance metrics, ileal nutrient digestibility, cecal microbiota composition, cecal integrity, liver transcriptome, and the expression of genes involved in protein turnover in breast muscle of broilers. A total of 72

SUBMITTER: Schafer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12272587 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature