The mechanisms of wooden breast syndrome (IMAGE)

University of Delaware

The mechanisms of wooden breast syndrome

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Left: foam cells, (indicated by arrows) surrounding a vein (open arrow) in wooden breast-affected muscle of broiler chickens. Right: spatial transcriptomics highlights unique gene expression profiles of foam cells (yellow dots) and veins (purple dots).

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Behnam Abasht/ University of Delaware

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