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ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2026

Effects of enzyme preparations on growth performance, meat quality, and hepatic transcriptome of yaks.

Yongfu La, Xiaoming Ma, Runli Wang, Futao Mo, Minghui Zhao, Yan Yang, Xuemei Liu, Maji Wan, Pengjia Bao, Min Chu and 3 more

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Yongfu LaKey Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Key Laboratory of Yak Breeding Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Xiaoming MaKey Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Key Laboratory of Yak Breeding Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Runli WangAnimal Husbandry Workstation of Hezuo, Hezuo, China.
Futao MoGansu Grassland Technical Extension Station, Lanzhou, China.
Minghui ZhaoQilian County Livestock and Veterinary Station, Qilian, China.
Yan YangKey Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Key Laboratory of Yak Breeding Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Xuemei LiuQilian County Livestock and Veterinary Station, Qilian, China.
Maji WanQilian County Livestock and Veterinary Station, Qilian, China.
Pengjia BaoKey Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Key Laboratory of Yak Breeding Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Min ChuKey Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Key Laboratory of Yak Breeding Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Xian GuoKey Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Key Laboratory of Yak Breeding Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Ping YanKey Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Key Laboratory of Yak Breeding Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
Chunnian LiangKey Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding on Tibetan Plateau, Key Laboratory of Yak Breeding Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China.

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Abstract

The balance between grass and livestock has exacerbated the problem of high-quality development in the yak industry, and the nutritional regulation of enzyme preparations has become a research hotspot. The purpose of this study was to assess and contrast the effects of feeding with various concentrations of enzyme preparations of yaks, including the production performance, meat quality, fatty acid composition of the longissimus dorsi muscle, and gene expression. Adding 0.20% enzyme preparation to the diet can significantly increase the average daily gain (ADG), and reduce the dry matter intake (DMI) and feed conversion rate (FCR), but has no significant effect on the meat quality of yak. In addition, the liver transcriptome and muscle metabolize showed that the addition of enzyme preparations caused differential expression of fatty acid metabolism-related genes in the liver, which may affect the metabolism of fatty acids in the liver and thus alter the fatty acid composition in the longissimus dorsi muscle of yak. The results of this study emphasize that adding enzyme preparations can improve the production performance of yaks without affecting their meat quality, thereby enhancing the economic benefits of yak breeding.

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fatty acid compositiongene expressionmeat qualitymetabolomicsyak

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