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Nawaz AH, Setthaya P, Feng C. Exploring Evolutionary Adaptations and Genomic Advancements to Improve Heat Tolerance in Chickens. Animals (Basel) 2024; 14:2215. [PMID: 39123741 PMCID: PMC11311085 DOI: 10.3390/ani14152215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2024] [Revised: 07/24/2024] [Accepted: 07/29/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
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Climate change poses a significant threat to the poultry industry, especially in hot climates that adversely affect chicken growth, development, and productivity through heat stress. This literature review evaluates the evolutionary background of chickens with the specific genetic characteristics that can help chickens to cope with hot conditions. Both natural selection and human interventions have influenced the genetic characteristics of the breeds used in the current poultry production system. The domestication of chickens from the Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) has resulted in the development of various breeds with distinct genetic differences. Over the past few years, deliberate breeding for desirable traits (such as meat production and egg quality) in chickens has resulted in the emergence of various economically valuable breeds. However, this selective breeding has also caused a decrease in the genetic diversity of chickens, making them more susceptible to environmental stressors like heat stress. Consequently, the chicken breeds currently in use may possess a limited ability to adapt to challenging conditions, such as extreme heat. This review focuses on evaluating potential genes and pathways responsible for heat tolerance, including heat shock response, antioxidant defense systems, immune function, and cellular homeostasis. This article will also discuss the physiological and behavioral responses of chicken varieties that exhibit genetic resistance to heat, such as the naked neck and dwarf traits in different indigenous chickens. This article intends to review the current genomic findings related to heat tolerance in chickens that used methods such as the genome-wide association study (GWAS) and quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping, offering valuable insights for the sustainability of poultry in the face of global warming.
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- Ali Hassan Nawaz
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
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- Multidisciplinary Research Institute, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand;
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
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Juiputta J, Chankitisakul V, Boonkum W. Appropriate Genetic Approaches for Heat Tolerance and Maintaining Good Productivity in Tropical Poultry Production: A Review. Vet Sci 2023; 10:591. [PMID: 37888543 PMCID: PMC10611393 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci10100591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Heat stress is a major environmental threat to poultry production systems, especially in tropical areas. The effects of heat stress have been discovered in several areas, including reduced growth rate, reduced egg production, low feed efficiency, impaired immunological responses, changes in intestinal microflora, metabolic changes, and deterioration of meat quality. Although several methods have been used to address the heat stress problem, it persists. The answer to this problem can be remedied sustainably if genetic improvement approaches are available. Therefore, the purpose of this review article was to present the application of different approaches to genetic improvement in poultry in the hope that users will find suitable solutions for their poultry population and be able to plan future poultry breeding programs.
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- Jiraporn Juiputta
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (J.J.); (V.C.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (J.J.); (V.C.)
- Network Center for Animal Breeding and Omics Research, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (J.J.); (V.C.)
- Network Center for Animal Breeding and Omics Research, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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Pritchett EM, Van Goor A, Schneider BK, Young M, Lamont SJ, Schmidt CJ. Chicken pituitary transcriptomic responses to acute heat stress. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:5233-5246. [PMID: 37127810 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08464-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Poultry production is vulnerable to increasing temperatures in terms of animal welfare and in economic losses. With the predicted increase in global temperature and the number and severity of heat waves, it is important to understand how chickens raised for food respond to heat stress. This knowledge can be used to determine how to select chickens that are adapted to thermal challenge. As neuroendocrine organs, the hypothalamus and pituitary provide systemic regulation of the heat stress response. METHODS AND RESULTS Here we report a transcriptome analysis of the pituitary response to acute heat stress. Chickens were stressed for 2 h at 35 °C (HS) and transcriptomes compared with birds maintained in thermoneutral temperatures (25 °C). CONCLUSIONS The observations were evaluated in the context of ontology terms and pathways to describe the pituitary response to heat stress. The pituitaries of heat stressed birds exhibited responses to hyperthermia through altered expression of genes coding for chaperones, cell cycle regulators, cholesterol synthesis, transcription factors, along with the secreted peptide hormones, prolactin, and proopiomelanocortin.
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- Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
- Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Animal and Food Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Animal and Food Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
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Zhou Q, Lan F, Gu S, Li G, Wu G, Yan Y, Li X, Jin J, Wen C, Sun C, Yang N. Genetic and microbiome analysis of feed efficiency in laying hens. Poult Sci 2022; 102:102393. [PMID: 36805401 PMCID: PMC9958098 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.102393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Improving feed efficiency is an important target for poultry breeding. Feed efficiency is affected by host genetics and the gut microbiota, but many of the mechanisms remain elusive in laying hens, especially in the late laying period. In this study, we measured feed intake, body weight, and egg mass of 714 hens from a pedigreed line from 69 to 72 wk of age and calculated the residual feed intake (RFI) and feed conversion ratio (FCR). In addition, fecal samples were also collected for 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing (V4 region). Genetic analysis was then conducted in DMU packages by using AI-REML with animal model. Moderate heritability estimates for FCR (h2 = 0.31) and RFI (h2 = 0.52) were observed, suggesting that proper selection programs can directly improve feed efficiency. Genetically, RFI was less correlated with body weight and egg mass than that of FCR. The phenotypic variance explained by gut microbial variance is defined as the microbiability (m2). The microbiability estimates for FCR (m2 = 0.03) and RFI (m2 = 0.16) suggested the gut microbiota was also involved in the regulation of feed efficiency. In addition, our results showed that the effect of host genetics on fecal microbiota was minor in three aspects: 1) microbial diversity indexes had low heritability estimates, and genera with heritability estimates more than 0.1 accounted for only 1.07% of the tested fecal microbiota; 2) the genetic relationship correlations between host genetics and different microbial distance were very weak, ranging from -0.0057 to -0.0003; 3) the microbial distance between different kinships showed no significant difference. Since the RFI has the highest microbiability, we further screened out three genera, including Anaerosporobacter, Candidatus Stoquefichus, and Fournierella, which were negatively correlated with RFI and played positive roles in improving the feed efficiency. These findings contribute to a great understanding of the genetic background and microbial influences on feed efficiency.
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- Qianqian Zhou
- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co. Ltd., Beijing, 101206, China
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- Beijing Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co. Ltd., Beijing, 101206, China
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- Beijing Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co. Ltd., Beijing, 101206, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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Johnson PL, Hickey S, Knowler K, Wing J, Bryson B, Hall M, Jonker A, Janssen PH, Dodds KG, McEwan JC, Rowe SJ. Genetic parameters for residual feed intake, methane emissions, and body composition in New Zealand maternal sheep. Front Genet 2022; 13:911639. [PMID: 36051695 PMCID: PMC9425048 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.911639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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There is simultaneous interest in improving the feed efficiency of ruminant livestock and reducing methane (CH4) emissions. The relationship (genetic and phenotypic) between feed efficiency (characterized as residual feed intake: RFI) and greenhouse gases [methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2)] traits in New Zealand (NZ) maternal sheep has not previously been investigated, nor has their relationship with detailed estimates of body composition. To investigate these relationships in NZ maternal sheep, a feed intake facility was established at AgResearch Invermay, Mosgiel, NZ in 2015, comprising automated feeders that record individual feeding events. Individual measures of feed intake, feeding behavior (length and duration of eating events), and gas emissions (estimated using portable accumulation chambers) were generated on 986 growing maternal ewe lambs sourced from three pedigree recorded flocks registered in the Sheep Improvement Limited database (www.sil.co.nz). Additional data were generated from a subset of 591 animals for body composition (estimated using ultrasound and computed tomography scanning). The heritability estimates for RFI, CH4, and CH4/(CH4+CO2) were 0.42 ± 0.09, 0.32 ± 0.08, and 0.29 ± 0.06, respectively. The heritability estimates for the body composition traits were high for carcass lean and fat traits; for example, the heritability for visceral fat (adjusted for body weight) was 0.93 ± 0.19. The relationship between RFI and CH4 emissions was complex, and although less feed eaten will lead to a lowered absolute amount of CH4 emitted, there was a negative phenotypic and genetic correlation between RFI and CH4/(CH4+CO2) of −0.13 ± 0.03 and −0.41 ± 0.15, respectively. There were also genetic correlations, that were different from zero, between both RFI and CH4 traits with body composition including a negative correlation between the proportion of visceral fat in the body and RFI (−0.52 ± 0.16) and a positive correlation between the proportion of lean in the body and CH4 (0.54 ± 0.12). Together the results provide the first accurate estimates of the genetic correlations between RFI, CH4 emissions, and the body composition (lean and fat) in sheep. These correlations will need to be accounted for in genetic improvement programs.
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- Patricia L. Johnson
- Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd., Mosgiel, New Zealand
- *Correspondence: Patricia L. Johnson,
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- Ruakura Research Centre, AgResearch Ltd., Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd., Mosgiel, New Zealand
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- Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd., Mosgiel, New Zealand
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- Woodlands Research Station, AgResearch Ltd., Woodlands, New Zealand
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- Woodlands Research Station, AgResearch Ltd., Woodlands, New Zealand
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- Grasslands Research Centre, AgResearch Ltd., Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Grasslands Research Centre, AgResearch Ltd., Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd., Mosgiel, New Zealand
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- Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd., Mosgiel, New Zealand
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- Invermay Agricultural Centre, AgResearch Ltd., Mosgiel, New Zealand
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Li F. Single factor and enzymatic hydrolysis conditions of the protein in desalted salted egg white. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-021-02193-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Usman M, Ishaq HM, Mahmud A, Bughio E, Azhar M, Saleem MM, Riaz MF, Raza HA, Hussain M, Latif HRA, Ahmad S. Morphometric measurements and carcass characteristics of Black Australorp, Naked Neck, and Rhode Island Red crossbreds under alternative production systems. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 83:e252594. [PMID: 34669811 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.252594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The present trial explained the effect of alternative production systems on growth, morphometric and carcass traits of four different chicken genotypes. The second generation of two genotypes RNN (Rhode Island Red × Naked Neck) and BNN (Black Australorp × Naked Neck) obtained by two self-crosses (RNN × RNN = RR and BNN × BNN = BB) and two reciprocal crosses (RNN × BNN = RB and BNN × RNN = BR) were evaluated in three alternative production systems (conventional cages, enriched cages, and aviary). At the 6th week of age after sexing, a total of 600 birds, comprising 150 from each crossbred with a total of 300 pullets and 300 cockerels were divided into conventional cages, enriched cages, and aviary systems having 200 birds in each.Birds were organized into 3×4 factorial arrangements under Completely Randomized Design (3 production systems × 4 genotypes × 2 sexes × 25 birds = 600 birds). Regarding genotypes, RB and BR males showed higher (p < 0.01) carcass yield, drumstick weight, breast weight, and thigh weight than BB and RR genotypes. Females of BR genotype showed higher (p < 0.01) breast weight, thigh weight and drumstick weight. As far as production systems are concerned, higher (p < 0.01) liver weight, heart weight, breast weight, intestinal weight, drumstick weight, and thigh weight were observed in the males reared in enriched cages compared with conventional cages and aviary system. Females reared in enriched cages showed higher (p < 0.01) heart weight, breast weight, intestinal weight, drumstick weight, and thigh weight when compared with those reared in conventional cages and aviary. It is concluded that chickens (both sexes) of BR and RB genotypes had better morphological measurements and carcass traits than those of RR and BB genotype chickens. Among alternative production systems, chickens reared in enriched cages had better traits than those of reared in conventional cages and aviary during the growing phase.
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- M Usman
- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, Department of Poultry Production, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Bahauddin Zakariya University, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Department of Livestock and Poultry Production, Multan, Pakistan
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- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, Department of Poultry Production, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, Department of Poultry Production, Sakrand, Pakistan
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- Poultry Research Institute, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Narowal, Pakistan
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- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, Department of Poultry Production, Lahore, Pakistan
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- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, Department of Poultry Production, Lahore, Pakistan
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- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, Department of Poultry Production, Lahore, Pakistan
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- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, Department of Poultry Production, Lahore, Pakistan
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- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, Department of Poultry Production, Lahore, Pakistan
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Wang Y, Jia X, Hsieh JCF, Monson MS, Zhang J, Shu D, Nie Q, Persia ME, Rothschild MF, Lamont SJ. Transcriptome Response of Liver and Muscle in Heat-Stressed Laying Hens. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12020255. [PMID: 33578825 PMCID: PMC7916550 DOI: 10.3390/genes12020255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Exposure to high ambient temperature has detrimental effects on poultry welfare and production. Although changes in gene expression due to heat exposure have been well described for broiler chickens, knowledge of the effects of heat on laying hens is still relatively limited. In this study, we profiled the transcriptome for pectoralis major muscle (n = 24) and liver (n = 24), during a 4-week cyclic heating experiment performed on layers in the early phase of egg production. Both heat-control and time-based contrasts were analyzed to determine differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Heat exposure induced different changes in gene expression for the two tissues, and we also observed changes in gene expression over time in the control animals suggesting that metabolic changes occurred during the transition from onset of lay to peak egg production. A total of 73 DEGs in liver were shared between the 3 h heat-control contrast, and the 4-week versus 3 h time contrast in the control group, suggesting a core set of genes that is responsible for maintenance of metabolic homeostasis regardless of the physiologic stressor (heat or commencing egg production). The identified DEGs improve our understanding of the layer’s response to stressors and may serve as targets for genetic selection in the future to improve resilience.
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- Yan Wang
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (Y.W.); (X.J.); (J.C.F.H.); (M.S.M.); (J.Z.); (M.F.R.)
- State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China;
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (Y.W.); (X.J.); (J.C.F.H.); (M.S.M.); (J.Z.); (M.F.R.)
- School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (Y.W.); (X.J.); (J.C.F.H.); (M.S.M.); (J.Z.); (M.F.R.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (Y.W.); (X.J.); (J.C.F.H.); (M.S.M.); (J.Z.); (M.F.R.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (Y.W.); (X.J.); (J.C.F.H.); (M.S.M.); (J.Z.); (M.F.R.)
- Toni Stephenson Lymphoma Center, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China;
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- College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China;
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (Y.W.); (X.J.); (J.C.F.H.); (M.S.M.); (J.Z.); (M.F.R.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (Y.W.); (X.J.); (J.C.F.H.); (M.S.M.); (J.Z.); (M.F.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-515-294-4100
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