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Tolone M, Sardina MT, Criscione A, Lasagna E, Senczuk G, Rizzuto I, Riggio S, Moscarelli A, Macaluso V, Di Gerlando R, Cassandro M, Portolano B, Mastrangelo S. High-density single nucleotide polymorphism markers reveal the population structure of 2 local chicken genetic resources. Poult Sci 2023; 102:102692. [PMID: 37120867 PMCID: PMC10172703 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Italy counts a large number of local chicken populations, some without a recognized genetic structure, such as Val Platani (VPL) and Cornuta (COS), which represent noteworthy local genetic resources. In this study, the genotype data of 34 COS and 42 VPL, obtained with the Affymetrix Axiom600KChicken Genotyping Array, were used with the aim to investigate the genetic diversity, the runs of homozygosity (ROH) pattern, as well as the population structure and relationship within the framework of other local Italian and commercial chickens. The genetic diversity indices, estimated using different approaches, displayed moderate levels of genetic diversity in both populations. The identified ROH hotspots harbored genes related to immune response and adaptation to local hot temperatures. The results on genetic relationship and population structure reported a clear clustering of the populations according to their geographic origin. The COS formed a nonoverlapping genomic cluster and clearly separated from the other populations, but showed evident proximity to the Siciliana breed (SIC). The VPL highlighted intermediate relationships between the COS-SIC group and the rest of the sample, but closer to the other Italian local chickens. Moreover, VPL showed a complex genomic structure, highlighting the presence of 2 subpopulations that match with the different source of the samples. The results obtained from the survey on genetic differentiation underline the hypothesis that Cornuta is a population with a defined genetic structure. The substructure that characterizes the Val Platani chicken is probably the consequence of the combined effects of genetic drift, small population size, reproductive isolation, and inbreeding. These findings contribute to the understanding of genetic diversity and population structure, and represent a starting point for designing programs to monitor and safeguard these local genetic resources, in order to define a possible official recognition program as breeds.
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- Marco Tolone
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, University of Catania, 95131 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
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Li Q, Zhang P, Li M, Li L, Hu Y, Mishra SK, Guo A, Li G, Li D, Duan Y. Genetic diversity and relationship of Dulong chickens using mitochondrial DNA control region. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 2019; 5:275-280. [PMID: 33366519 PMCID: PMC7748515 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1700837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
The genetic structure and evolutionary relationship of Dulong chicken with other native Chinese species remained unclear. In this study, the mitochondrial control region was analyzed in total of 343 samples comprising 59 from Dulong chicken and 284 from 8 other Chinese local breeds revealed 51 mutation sites that defined 42 haplotypes. The maximum genetic variation was observed between the Shimian caoke and Pengxian yellow chickens. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that these local chickens mainly scatter in two southwestern clades. Dulong chickens have close relationship with other native chicken. Finding of this study suggests a single matrilineal lineage of indigenous Dulong chickens.
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- Qingqing Li
- Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.,Life Science College, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.,Kunming Xianghao Technology Co. Ltd., Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Yunnan Nationalities University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Life Science College, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Life Science College, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Technology Center, China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd., Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Hämäläinen L, Mappes J, Thorogood R, Valkonen JK, Karttunen K, Salmi T, Rowland HM. Predators’ consumption of unpalatable prey does not vary as a function of bitter taste perception. Behav Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arz199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Many prey species contain defensive chemicals that are described as tasting bitter. Bitter taste perception is, therefore, assumed to be important when predators are learning about prey defenses. However, it is not known how individuals differ in their response to bitter taste, and how this influences their foraging decisions. We conducted taste perception assays in which wild-caught great tits (Parus major) were given water with increasing concentrations of bitter-tasting chloroquine diphosphate until they showed an aversive response to bitter taste. This response threshold was found to vary considerably among individuals, ranging from chloroquine concentrations of 0.01 mmol/L to 8 mmol/L. We next investigated whether the response threshold influenced the consumption of defended prey during avoidance learning by presenting birds with novel palatable and defended prey in a random sequence until they refused to attack defended prey. We predicted that individuals with taste response thresholds at lower concentrations would consume fewer defended prey before rejecting them, but found that the response threshold had no effect on the birds’ foraging choices. Instead, willingness to consume defended prey was influenced by the birds’ body condition. This effect was age- and sex-dependent, with adult males attacking more of the defended prey when their body condition was poor, whereas body condition did not have an effect on the foraging choices of juveniles and females. Together, our results suggest that even though taste perception might be important for recognizing prey toxicity, other factors, such as predators’ energetic state, drive the decisions to consume chemically defended prey.
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- Liisa Hämäläinen
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- HiLIFE Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Programme in Organismal & Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, UK
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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Su Y, Jie H, Zhu Q, Zhao X, Wang Y, Yin H, Kumar Mishra S, Li D. Effect of Bitter Compounds on the Expression of Bitter Taste Receptor T2R7 Downstream Signaling Effectors in cT2R7/pDisplay-G α16/gust44/pcDNA3.1 (+) Cells. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 2019:6301915. [PMID: 31781630 PMCID: PMC6875361 DOI: 10.1155/2019/6301915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bitterness is an important taste sensation for chickens, which provides useful sensory information for acquisition and selection of diet, and warns them against ingestion of potentially harmful and noxious substances in nature. Bitter taste receptors (T2Rs) mediate the recognition of bitter compounds belonging to a family of proteins known as G-protein coupled receptors. The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate the expression of T2R7 in chicken tongue tissue and construct cT2R7-1 and cT2R7-2-expressing HEK-293T cells to access the expression of PLCβ2 and ITPR3 after exposure with different concentrations of the bitter compounds. Using real-time PCR, we show that the relative expression level of T2R7 mRNA in 5, 1, 0.1, and 10-3 mM of camphor and erythromycin solutions and 5 mM of chlorpheniramine maleate solutions was significantly higher than that in 50 mM KCL solutions. We confirmed that the bitter taste receptor T2R7 and downstream signaling effectors are sensitive to different concentrations of bitter compounds. Moreover, T2R7-1 (corresponding to the unique haplotype of the Tibetan chicken) had higher sensitivity to bitter compounds compared with that of T2R7-2 (corresponding to the unique haplotype of the Jiuyuan black-chicken). These results provide great significance of taste response on dietary intake to improve chicken feeding efficiency in poultry production and have certain reference value for future taste research in other bird species.
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- Yuan Su
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Chongqing Engineering Technology Research Center for GAP of Genuine Medicinal Materials, Chongqing Institute of Medicinal Plant Cultivation, Nanchuan, Chongqing 404100, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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Huang S, Rehman MU, Qiu G, Luo H, Iqbal MK, Zhang H, Mehmood K, Li J. Tibial dyschondroplasia is closely related to suppression of expression of hypoxia-inducible factors 1α, 2α, and 3α in chickens. J Vet Sci 2018; 19:107-115. [PMID: 28693310 PMCID: PMC5799387 DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2018.19.1.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) cases has not been reported in Tibetan chickens (TBCs), but it is commonly seen in commercial broilers characterized by lameness. The underlying mechanism remains unclear. Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are important regulators of cellular adaptation to hypoxic conditions. In this study, we investigated the role of HIF-1α, -2α, and -3α in hypoxia and thiram-induced TD and their effect on tibial growth plate development in Arbor Acres chickens (AACs) and TBCs. RNA and protein expression levels of HIF-1α, -2α, and -3α were determined by using quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and western blotting analyses, respectively. Interestingly, the results showed that HIF-1α, -2α, and -3α expressions in the tibial growth plate of TBCs were upregulated by hypoxia and the change was more significant in TBCs than in AACs. However, these factors were downregulated in thiram-induced TD. To further clarify the effect of thiram on tibial growth plate in commercial broilers, AACs were observed to exhibit more pronounced changes in their growth plate that that in TBCs. Taken together, these results demonstrate that HIF-1α, -2α, and -3α may be important in tibial growth plate development and in the prevention of TD. The present study contributes novel insights on a therapeutic target for poultry TD.
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- Shucheng Huang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.,Laboratory of Detection and Monitoring of Highland Animal Disease, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi 860000, Tibet, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.,Animal Science Department, Wenzhou Vocational College of Science and Technology, Wenzhou 325006, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.,Laboratory of Detection and Monitoring of Highland Animal Disease, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi 860000, Tibet, China
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Huang S, Tong X, Rehman MU, Wang M, Zhang L, Wang L, Li J, Yang S. Oxygen Supplementation Ameliorates Tibial Development via Stimulating Vascularization in Tibetan Chickens at High Altitudes. Int J Biol Sci 2017; 13:1547-1559. [PMID: 29230103 PMCID: PMC5723921 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.22670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Tibetan chickens (TBCs) living in high-altitude hypoxic environment, are characterized by delayed growth and small size as compared to low-altitude broiler chickens. Increasing evidences signify the beneficial effect of oxygen (O2) supplementation in animal's body for regulating their body growth and organ development. However, it is still unclear that whether O2 supplementation has an ameliorative and protective role in TBCs living at high altitude. In this study, we first found that O2 supplementation not only increased the survival rate but also promoted the growth of TBCs associated with bone development. Importantly, we observed that the increase of vascular distribution in the tibial hypertrophic zone could contribute to promote growth and development of the tibia, which is highly correlated with the up-regulated expression level of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A and VEGF receptor-1 (VEGFR1). Additionally, hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1ɑ also has a stimulative elevation by O2 supplementation. These results were confirmed by histology, immunohistochemistry, qRT-PCR and Western blotting techniques. Altogether, these findings demonstrated that the up-regulation of VEGFA and its receptors are accompanied by proangiogeneic factor (HIF-1α) expression, which were required for angiogenesis to meliorate tibia development of TBCs in hypoxia-induced bone suppression that occurred during O2 supplementation. Thus, O2 supplementation may serve as a good applicant for promoting and meliorating bone development in juvenile high-altitude animals.
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- Shucheng Huang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China.,College of Animals Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi 860000 Tibet, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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Huang S, Zhang L, Rehman MU, Iqbal MK, Lan Y, Mehmood K, Zhang H, Qiu G, Nabi F, Yao W, Wang M, Li J. High altitude hypoxia as a factor that promotes tibial growth plate development in broiler chickens. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173698. [PMID: 28282429 PMCID: PMC5345845 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) is one of the most common problems in the poultry industry and leads to lameness by affecting the proximal growth plate of the tibia. However, due to the unique environmental and geographical conditions of Tibet, no case of TD has been reported in Tibetan chickens (TBCs). The present study was designed to investigate the effect of high altitude hypoxia on blood parameters and tibial growth plate development in chickens using the complete blood count, morphology, and histological examination. The results of this study showed an undesirable impact on the overall performance, body weight, and mortality of Arbor Acres chickens (AACs) exposed to a high altitude hypoxic environment. However, AACs raised under hypoxic conditions showed an elevated number of red blood cells (RBCs) and an increase in hemoglobin and hematocrit values on day 14 compared to the hypobaric normoxia group. Notably, the morphology and histology analyses showed that the size of tibial growth plates in AACs was enlarged and that the blood vessel density was also higher after exposure to the hypoxic environment for 14 days, while no such change was observed in TBCs. Altogether, our results revealed that the hypoxic environment has a potentially new role in increasing the blood vessel density of proximal tibial growth plates to strengthen and enhance the size of the growth plates, which may provide new insights for the therapeutic manipulation of hypoxia in poultry TD.
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- Shucheng Huang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory of Detection and Monitoring of Highland Animal Disease, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi Tibet, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory of Detection and Monitoring of Highland Animal Disease, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi Tibet, People's Republic of China
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