Omnivorous feeding modulates meat quality and flavor in Xinghua and White Recessive Rock chickens: A metabolomic exploration of breed-specific metabolic pathways.

ABSTRACT: Improving the quality of chicken meat while maintaining production efficiency is a challenging issue in poultry science. The current study was conducted to explore the effects of two feeding patterns (standard feed and omnivorous feed) on growth performance, slaughter performance, and meat quality traits of Xinghua (XH) chicken (indigenous chicken) and White Recessive Rock (WRR) chicken (commercial broiler). Feed consumption and body weight were determined weekly over 5 weeks, and meat quality traits with respect to breed and diet were evaluated. Mass spectrometry analyses facilitated the metabolomic profiling of breast muscle to reveal central metabolites associated with flavor formation. The metabolism of breast muscle was significantly altered by omnivorous feeding, which resulted in hi

SUBMITTER: Xu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12756015 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature