Wooden Breast (WB) is a novel myopathy affecting the pectoralis major muscle of modern broiler chickens. We selected pectoralis fillet samples, a normal(healthy) fillet and a WB fillet. Overall design
White Striping and Wooden Breast (WS/WB) are abnormalities increasingly occurring in the fillets of high breast yield and growth rate chicken hybrids. These defects lead to consistent economic losses
Introduction: Skeletal muscle satellite cells (MuSCs, or stem cells) play a crucial role in muscle development, maintenance, and regeneration, serving both hypertrophic support and regenerative myogen