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Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes in the Hypothalamus of Broilers Under Heat Stress Using Transcriptome Analysis.
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- Appetite gene expression and gut microbiota in broiler chickens with varying body weights: a new perspective on flock uniformity.Poultry science · 2026Article
- Effect of Canthaxanthin on Egg Yolk Quality of Huaixiang Laying Hens at Normal and High Temperature.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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The hypothalamus is the advanced center that regulates visceral activities under the cerebral cortex. It plays some key roles, such as regulating body temperature, assessing feed intake, and balancing blood glucose and endocrine gland activities. Heat stress is known to trigger a series of detrimental consequences, prominently featuring a reduction in feed intake, an elevation in body temperature, and other related phenomena. To understand the mechanisms of how heat stress affects the function of the hypothalamus, broilers were allocated to three groups: the normal control (NC) group, the heat-stress (HS) group, and the pair-fed (PF) group. The PF group was established with the aim of eliminating the confounding effect of reduced feed intake. The trial lasted for two weeks, from the age of 28 to 42 d. A total of 280 differential expressed genes (DEGs) were identified (
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