Effects of rearing system (floor vs. cage) and sex on performance, meat quality and enteric microorganism of yellow feather broilers

Effects of different duck rearing systems on egg flavor and quality and microbial diversity

“…The rearing system affects the gastrointestinal microbiota, which, in turn, affects the production performance and health of animals. Intriguingly, our taxonomic classification showed that Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria, and Deferribacteres were the most abundant bacteria in the cecum, which is in agreement with previous studies on chickens and ducks ( Onrust et al, 2015 ; Xiao et al, 2017 ; Wang et al, 2021 ; Chen et al, 2022 ). Results of 16S rRNA sequencing show that human and mouse cecal bacteria were mainly composed of Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes, while Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes in the pig cecal digestive tract were the main phyla from farrow to finish ( Brücher and Jamall, 2019 ; Yue et al, 2019 ; Quan et al, 2020 ).…”

“… Zhu et al (2020) found that the final body weight of Gaoyou ducks is higher in the cage group than in the floor group. Wang et al (2021) showed that cage-reared broilers exhibit better production performance compared to floor-raised broilers. Similarly, Bai et al (2022) showed that the cage-rearing system improves the production performance and some important meat quality traits of ducks, such as brightness, pH, shear force, WLR, moisture content, and IMF content, thereby enhancing the nutritional and economic value of duck meat.…”

Effects of cage versus floor rearing system on goose intestinal histomorphology and cecal microbial composition

“…The intestinal microbiota is a dynamic entity influenced by environmental and nutritional factors ( Paoli et al, 2019 ). Previous studies have demonstrated that different rearing systems can affect the intestinal microbial composition of chickens ( Wang et al, 2021 ; Wiersema et al, 2021 ) and ducks ( Wang et al, 2018a ; Zhu et al, 2020 ). To our knowledge, this study was the first to compare the effects of CR and FR on the cecal microbial composition in geese.…”

“…It is widely recognized that different rearing systems would cause remarkable changes in poultry intestinal histomorphology and microbial composition. For example, compared with floor rearing, cage rearing changed the abundance of intestinal microbiota and increased the meat production and meat quality of broilers ( Wang et al, 2021 ). Compared with the traditional rearing system, the dryland rearing on netting floors ( DRNF ) system changed intestinal microbial abundance and enhanced the immune ability of Shaoxing ducks ( Zhao et al, 2019 ).…”

Comparison of Cecal Microbiota and Performance Indices Between Lean-Type and Fatty-Type Pekin Ducks

“…Therefore, changes in the gut microbial ecology can lead to significant changes in body weight and the energy balance ( Flegal and Troiano, 2000 ). The difference of microbiota improved the growth performance of broilers, which may be due to the difference in enteric microbiota between cage and floor rearing systems ( Wang L.D. et al, 2021 ).…”