Skeletal muscle is a highly plastic tissue that plays a central role in human health and
disease. Aging is associated with a decrease in muscle mass and function (sarcopenia) that …

This review summarises the evidence for a link between the porcine intestinal microbiota
and growth and feed efficiency (FE), and suggests microbiota-targeted strategies to improve …

Sustainable meat production is important to providing safe and quality protein sources for
humans worldwide. Intensive artificial selection and high energy input into the diet of many …

Pigs, as one of the most common livestock species worldwide, are expected to have a fast
growth rate and lower subcutaneous fatness but higher intramuscular fat (“marbling meat”) …

Finishing weight is a key economic trait in the domestic pig industry. Evidence has linked the
gut microbiota and SCFAs to health and production performance in pigs. Nevertheless, for …

To gain insight into the importance of carefully selecting the sampling area for intestinal
microbiota studies, cecal and fecal microbial communities of Caldes meat rabbit were …

The quality of pork determines consumers' purchase intention, which directly affects the
economic value of pork. Minimizing the proportion of inferior pork and producing high quality …

Most traits in animal breeding, including feed efficiency traits in pigs, are affected by many
genes with small effect and have a moderately high heritability between 0.1 and 0.5, which …

Understanding how the gut microbiome and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) affect finishing
weight is beneficial to improve meat production in the meat rabbit industry. In this study, we …

The present study was aimed to investigate the effects of the addition of Yingshan Yunwu
green tea polysaccharide conjugates (GTPC) on meat quality, immune response and gut …