Effects of heat stress on growth performance, carcass traits, serum metabolism, and intestinal microflora of meat rabbits

Autor: Liu, Hongli, Zhang, Bin, Li, Fan, Liu, Lei, Yang, Tongao, Zhang, Haihua, Li, Fuchang
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Microbiology. 13
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.998095
Popis: To investigate the effects of heat stress on meat rabbits, we assigned 80 rabbits to the moderate temperature group (24 ± 1°C; Control group) and the continuous high-temperature group (HT group), then monitored the effects using growth performance, carcass characteristics, biochemical assays, UPLC–MS/MS-based metabolomics, and microbiome. The results showed that after continuous high-temperature exposure, the average daily gain, average daily feed intake, and thymus index were significantly decreased (p p p
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