Maternal β-carotene addition has long-term effects on intestinal health of offspring chicks
These findings suggest that maternal β-carotene addition confers sustained benefits to intestinal health in offspring, potentially mediated by modulation of the cecal microbiome up to day 42.
Authors
- Min Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6640-5826)
- Tianyu Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1691-5690)
- Tao Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3394-2083)
- Xin Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-7329)
- Taiping Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6138-7729)
- Da Wan
Institutions
- Jilin Agricultural University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1623816
- Primary Topic
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- People's Government of Jilin Province