Proteomic responses to the effect of coprophagy prevention on meat quality in New Zealand white rabbits
Hui He, Zhitong Wang, Zhichao Li, Mengke Ni, Mengjuan Chen, Chaohui Guo, Yaping Wang, Hanfang Cai, Ming Li, Huifen Xu · 2026
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Description
Hui He and nine co-authors studied New Zealand white rabbits in two thousand twenty-six to see how blocking a natural habit changes meat quality. Rabbits normally eat some of their own droppings, a habit called coprophagy, and rabbit meat is prized for its nutrition. How the two link up was not clear before this work.
Blocking the habit slowed growth and lowered some measures of meat quality, while muscle fibres grew more dense. Meat held more total fat and more saturated fat, but fewer good fats and fewer key amino acids. A protein scan found hundreds of changed proteins tied to muscle growth and energy use.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hui He, Zhitong Wang, Zhichao Li, Mengke Ni, Mengjuan Chen, Chaohui Guo, Yaping Wang, Hanfang Cai, Ming Li, Huifen Xu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |