T-2 toxin, the most toxic type A trichothecene, is widely present in grain and animal feed, causing growth retardation and tissue damage in poultry. Geese are more sensitive to T-2 toxin than chickens and ducks. Although T-2 toxin has been reported to cause tibial growth plate (TGP) chondrodysplasia in chickens, tibial damage caused by T-2 toxin in geese has not been fully demonstrated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBroodiness is an unfavorable trait associated with the cessation of egg laying. Studies have found that excessive granulosa cell apoptosis and autophagy occur during goose broodiness. Other studies have also confirmed that oxidative stress is an important cause of apoptosis and autophagy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFenteritidis (SE) is a pathogen that can readily infect ovarian tissues and colonize the granulosa cell layer such that it can be transmitted via eggs from infected poultry to humans in whom it can cause food poisoning. Ducks are an important egg-laying species that are susceptible to SE infection, yet the host-pathogen interactions between SE and ducks have not been thoroughly studied to date. Herein, we performed dual RNA-sequencing analyses of these two organisms in a time-resolved infection model of duck granulosa cells (dGCs) by SE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFserovar Enteritidis (. Enteritidis) is a pathogen that can colonize the preovulatory follicles of poultry, thereby causing both reduced egg production and an elevated risk of foodborne salmonellosis in humans. Although a few studies have revealed .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGoose () are highly broody with low egg production, and large number of granulosa cells undergo apoptosis during broodiness. Our previous study has found that was highly abundant in the ovary of goose with broodiness phenotype. However, the mechanism that regulates granulosa cells function remains unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGoose meat is increasingly popular among consumers because of its good quality. The fiber characteristics have been well demonstrated to be key contributing factors of meat quality, and the marketable ages are also closely related to meat quality. However, little is known about the effect of different marketable ages on the quality of goose meat through its fiber characteristics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe low laying performance of geese seriously damages the growth of the poultry industry, and is related to the development of pre- hierarchical follicles. Our previous studies have revealed that FAR1 and TGFBRAP1 were involved in follicular development, but the exact regulation mechanism still kept unclear. In recent studies, the expression of FAR1 and TGFBRAP1 mRNA were detected, and we found that their expression levels were relatively higher in hierarchical follicles than in pre-hierarchical follicles (P < 0.
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