Dynamic Changes in the Gut Microbiota and Metabolites during the Growth of Hainan Wenchang Chickens.

ABSTRACT: Gut microbiota and their metabolites play important roles in animal growth by influencing the host's intake, storage, absorption, and utilization of nutrients. In addition to environmental factors, mainly diet, chicken breed and growth stage also affect changes in the gut microbiota. However, little research has been conducted on the development of gut microbiota and its metabolites in local chickens. In this study, the cecal microbiota and metabolites in different developmental stages of Hainan Wenchang chickens (a native breed of Bantam) were investigated using 16S rRNA sequencing and untargeted metabolomics. With aging, the structure of gut microbiota tended to be more stable. The relative proportions of dominant bacteria phyla Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Proteobacteria showed stage

SUBMITTER: He Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9913245 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature